Letter from Marion E. Griffith to Lottie Hewitt - December 7, 1918
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[Kansas City Chapter American Red Cross letterhead] December 7, 1918 Mrs. Lottie Heuitt 3324 Wayne Avenue Kansas City, Missouri My dear Mrs. Heuitt: Upon receipt of your inquiry of the fifth, we wrote to the Bureau of Communication, Washington, D. C., asking them to obtain for you through their Paris office, a full report of the circumstances attending your brother
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| Title | Letter from Marion E. Griffith to Lottie Hewitt - December 7, 1918 |
| Creator | Griffith, Marion E. |
| Source | Griffith, Marion E. Letter to Lottie Hewitt. 07 December 1918. Clyde C. Chilson Collection, 1917-1919. 1977.13. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from Marion E. Griffith of the Kansas City Chapter of the American Red Cross to Lottie Hewitt stating that she did not have the information pertaining to her brother's death. Clyde Chilson died on October 16, 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He served with Battery B, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division. Pinkston informs Lottie Hewitt that she is entitled to the Victory Medal as the nearest relative to Chilson. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross; World War, 1914-1918--Communications |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1977.13 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | December 7, 1918 |
| Language | English |