Laurinburg, Sioux, Selma, Andrews Boys Give Their All, 1918

“Casualty List for Wednesday, Oct. 16,” from The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Oct. 16, 1918. I’ve compared the casualty list in this paper with the one printed in the Hickory Daily Record and noted the differences.

Killed in action, 110

Missing in action, 69

Wounded severely, 364

Died from wounds, 62

Died from accident and other causes, 5

Died from disease, 52

Died from aeroplane accident, 1

Wounded, degree undetermined, 173

Wounded slightly, 1

Total, 837

The following North Carolinians are included in the list:

Killed In Action

Hamilton Arthur, Laurinburg

Killed in Aeroplane Accident (while the summary for the nation says one person died in an aeroplane accident, the list contains two names of North Carolinians)

Walwick Quinter, Sioux (Quinter Warrick in Hickory Daily Record, and listed as severely wounded, not killed)

John R. Massey, Selma

Missing in Action

Nathan Dunnican, son of Mrs. Bettie Lee Dunnican, Rt. No. 2, Wilson

Henry Southard of Kenly (not listed in Wilson Record)

Died of Disease

Roy Pearl Conley, Andrews (Pearly in Hickory Daily Record)

Wounded Severely (all from Hickory Daily Record; none listed in Wilson Record)

James W. Franklin of Crossnore

Charlie F. Ritchie of New London,

Martin A. Jackson of Dunn

John R. Massey of Selma

Quinter Warrick of Sioux

Wounded, Degree Undetermined

Fred Gray Thomas Hill, Belhaven (name given as Fred G.T. Hill in Hickory Daily Record)

J.W. Franklin, Crossmore (listed as wounded severely in Hickory Daily Record)