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Forest Grove Christian Church

Forest Grove Christian Church Service Flag

The Oregonian, 28 Apr 1918, page 51

The three leading churches of Forest Grove have war service flags with 114 names enrolled. Out of this number there are at least six commissioned officers. The Christian Church has dedicated a service flag with 43 names, and for one of these a gold star is substituted:

  • Claude Davis
  • Claude Jacobson
  • Darrel Heisler
  • Earl Waldron
  • Encil Todd
  • Earl Miller
  • Guy Ayselott
  • Harold Waldron
  • John Bowman
  • Lawerence Devlin
  • Leone Logan
  • Roy Devlin
  • Ralph Emerson
  • Roscoe Vaughn
  • Ralph Wilcox
  • Tom Todd
  • Wilbur Laughry
  • William Freeman
  • Zenas Olson
  • Edgar Swanson
  • Clarence Stegleider
  • Clyde Hutchins
  • Clayton Giltner
  • Dewey Hodge
  • Everett Burnworth
  • Ernest Stegleider
  • Edwin Fowler
  • Guy Stockman
  • James Norton
  • Jesse Stegleider
  • Lloyd Lowery
  • L. D. Bowman
  • Roy Burnworth
  • Roland Knight
  • Robert Marshal
  • Ralph Putnam
  • Walter Watkins
  • Walter Devlin
  • William Burnworth
  • Edward Haek
  • Fred Moore

— Bennett

and a gold star for Frank Smith, deceased at Camp Lewis.

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