Private Joseph E. Schill

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Parents: John and Lenora D. Schill
Birth: August 16, 1887, Crotherssville, Jackson County, Indiana
Occupation: Laborer
Sent to: Camp Taylor, Kentucky
then to: Camp Logan, Texas
assigned to: Company C, 33rd Infantry
Transferred to: Camp Upton, New York
assigned to: Company D, 131st Infantry, 33rd Division
Overseas: May 1918
Death: action August 9, 1918, Chipilly Ridge, France
Burial: Unknown

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Saturday, September 21, 1918
Page 1

CROTHERSVILLE YOUTH GIVES LIFE IN ACTION

Private Joseph Schill, Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Schill, Dies of Wounds

Mr. and Mrs. John Schill, of Crothersville, have received official notification from the war department that their son, Private Joseph Schill, has died of wounds received in action. His death occurred August 9, it was stated.

The young man was twenty-eight years of age and was called with the first quota from Marion county, a year ago this month. He had been employed in Indianapolis for several years before his entrance into the army.