Roll of Honor
Kenny C. Russell died at Camp Sevier, Nov. 11, 1917
Pressley R. Link, pneumonia, Nogales hospital, Arizona, May
6, 1918
John F. Blalock, killed in action in France, June, 1918
Corporal Willie W. Shankle, killed in action in France July
20, 1918
Joseph E. Rascoe, killed in action Aug. 31, 1918
And still another star is added this week to the Roll of
Honor of Richmond county boys who have paid the supreme sacrifice in their duty
to their Country. The latest is Joseph E. Rascoe, whose home was four miles
west of Osborne and w
ho with his wife lived with Mrs. Ellen Smith. His father,
Joseph Rascoe, lives in Bennettsville.
His wife received a wire from the War Department Sept.24th
notifying her that her husband had been killed in action in France on August
31dst. No other details as yet are obtainable.
Rascoe was about 24 years old, and was sent to Camp Jackson
in one of the first calls last fall, leaving here in the squad of 19 on
September 20, 1917.
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