On September 26 1918, an exploding shell killed ten members of the 103rd Trench Mortar Battery in Argonne. Among those killed were Private Leon C. Pierce of Milton, Sgt Edward I. Shannon & Privates Robert D. Rimert, Bright Kratzer & Ralph J. Dull, all of Lewisburg.
The bodies of all ten men were originally buried in one grave, on the afternoon they were killed. Elmer Pierce, brother of Leon, was a member of the same battery.
In 1921, their bodies were brought home for burial.
On October 16th 1921, a service for Rimert, Shannon, Dull and Kratzer was held at the Methodist Church in Lewisburg (as shown in photo above)
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