Lawrence W. Hatch Reported Missing
A
telegram received today by Mrs. R.V. Hatch of Burlington, who is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Harry E. Whitener, announced that her son, Private Lawrence W.
Hatch, had been missing in action since October 29 when the 30th
division was completing its work with the British south of Valenciennes. Mr.
Hatch was slightly wounded on September 29 and several letters had been
received by his mother and other relatives from him.
When the
telegram came today announcing that he was missing, the family thought a
mistake had been made, but Mr. Whitener had the first message confirmed, and it
seems that the young man had recovered, joined Co. I, of which he was a member,
and gone back into the fray. He was on scout duty and must have been on the
patrols in advance of the division.
Mr. Hatch
was about 19 years of age and enlisted in the Burlington company. It is hoped
that he will be found, though the family is not counting on this good fortune.
He has another brother, Mr. Atlas Hatch, in France, and another brother, Chief
Yeoman Earl A. Hatch, U.S. navy, who is on a visit to his mother and sister
here.
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