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1 August 1918 Cpl Isaac E Holloway

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Isaac was a graduate of the Marion Conservatory of Music and was a member of the National Military Home Band at the time of his enlistment. Marion Conservatory of Music was founded in 1898 by Percy L. Nussbaum who had studied in Europe with some of the greatest musicians of the era. Classes including instrumental and vocal music, music history…


23 January 1919: Pvt Bura Haney

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Parents Delloss (a schoolteacher born in Ireland) and Sophronia Haney on 31 January 1897 The family moved to Marion County in 1907 and on completing his education Bura became a clerk. He enlisted into service at Indianapolis, Indiana on 19 March 1918. Bura was trained at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and assigned to the Hospital Corps. He wa…