Letter from W.R. Castle Jr. to Mrs. Hewitt - January 13, 1919
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[American Red Cross letterhead] [January] 13 1919 My dear Mrs. Hewitt: A very brief report has just reached this Bureau relative to Corporal Clyde C. Chilson, of Company B, 129th Field Artillery, American E. F., about whom you inquired December 7. The Adjutant General
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| Title | Letter from W.R. Castle Jr. to Mrs. Hewitt - January 13, 1919 |
| Creator | Castle, W.R. Jr. |
| Source | Castle, W.R. Jr. Letter to Lottie Hewitt. 13 January 1919. Clyde C. Chilson Collection, 1917-1919. 1977.13. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from W.R. Castle of the American Red Cross providing Lottie Hewitt with more information about the death of her brother Clyde Chilson. Chilson died on October 16, 1918 at base hospital 14 of pneumonia after being gassed 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 | Pneumonia; Mustard gas; United States. Army. Field Artillery Battalion, 129th; World War, 1914-1918--War work--Red Cross; Military decorations |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States. Army. Base Hospitals |
| Site Accession Number | 1977.13 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | January 13, 1919 |
| Language | English |