Pvts. Charles Pratt of Rosemary, Fred Smith of Statesville Announced Killed in Action, Jan. 3, 1919

From The Commonwealth, an afternoon daily published in Scotland Neck, N.C., Friday, January 3, 1919.

Our Casualties

Washington, Jan. 2—Four lists of casualties issued by the War Department comprise 1,003 men of whom 18 were North Carolinians, as follows:

Killed in Action

Private Charles Pratt of Rosemary

Private Fred J. Smith of Statesville

Wounded Severely

Private John C. Morgan of Flats

Private Arthur B. Wicker of Sanford

Private Scott Alford of Fairbluff

Private Eddie Birchmoore of Marshville

Private Condary Ellis of Level

Private Eddie C. Matthews of Spring Hope

Wounded Slightly

Lieutenant James Ellington of Oxford

Private Milliard M. Riner of Tripplett

Private Richard Dixon of Walstonburg

Wounded, Degree Undetermined

Lieutenant William O. Smith of Raleigh

Private Samuel Pittman of Linville Falls

Private C. Lanville of North Wilkesboro

Private Plato Alexander of Pawl Creek

Private Romulus Mason of Ranton

Missing In Action

Lieutenant Charles Higgins of Greensboro

Lieutenant Furchus Taylor of McGrady