SHIPLEY Roderick Joseph
Cpl National Guard, HQ Co. 130th Field Artillery, 35th Division. Enlisted July 1917 in Shawnee Co. Honor Roll Casualty List Sept 19, 1918.
Born 21 Sep 1894 Rossville, Shawnee Co., KS. Son of Ella Mary (Van VLECK)& Roderick Aquila SHIPLEY, Rossville, Shawnee Co., KS.
DFD 10 July 1918 of mouth & throat disease in Angers (possibly Base Hospital #27 at Angers, Maine-et-Loire) France. Originally buried in French soil, remains returned and re-interred in the Rossville Cemetery, Shawnee Co., KS Section 4, Lot 4 on 10 Oct 1920.

SPOTTS Clifford Chase
Pvt National Army. Battery B, 6th Field Artillery, 1st Division. Enlisted 19 Sept 1917 in Shawnee Co. Honor Roll Casualty List August 8, 1918.
Born 11 Feb 1888 Friend, Saline Co., NE. Son of Charles D. & Rose R. SPOTTS, Techumseh, Shawnee Co., KS.
KIA 21 Jul 1918 by a shellburst while driving back from the Front (on a line between Buzancy and Berzy-le-Sec, south of Soissons) in an ammunition truck to collect more ammunition. Originally buried in the Commune of Missey-Aux-Bois, Aisne, France, remains returned and re-interred in the Rossville Cemetery, Shawnee Co., KS Section 4 Lot 12 on 20 May 1921.

STOUT, Earl H.
Pvt National Guard, E Co., 139th Infantry 35th Division. Honor Roll Casualty List Nov 14, 1918.
Born 19 Jun 1898 Horton, Brown Co., KS. Son of Emma E. & Albert STOUT
KIA 27 Sept 1918 north of the town of Varennes on the way to Charpentry, on the second day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Buried at Meuse- Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France Plot B Row 25 Grave 37.

SULLIVAN Earl David
Cpl National Guard, B Co., 137th Infantry, 35th Division. Enlisted Aug 1917. Honor Roll Casualty List Oct 28, 1918.
Born 10 Nov 1891 Elmont, Shawnee Co., KS. Son of Frances Mahallia (GODOWN) & (the late) John Henry SULLIVAN.
DFW 28 Sept 1918 sustained sometime during the first three days of the Argonne Offensive.
Earl Sullivan had earned a Divisional Commander commendation, earlier in the war, when he took part in a successful raid on enemy lines on July 20, 1918 at Landersbach while the 35th Division was stationed in the Vosges Mountains, Alsace theater for its training: "The Division Commander takes great pleasure in citing the following-named officers and enlisted men for gallant action against the enemy in a raid on Landersbach, July 20, 1918: .........." On page 47 of the book "Heroes of the Argonne" by Charles E. Hoyt (1919) eleven men from the 137th Infantry were cited from this raid, including Earl Sullivan, and the author reports that the raid had netted five German captives and nineteen dead. Originally buried in French soil, remains returned to the US and re-interred in the Mt Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS Section 5, Lot 176, Space 1 on 15 Aug 1921.

SUMMERS, William F.
Pvt Regular Army, G Co., 64th Infantry, 7th Division. Enlisted April 1917. Honor Roll Casualty List Nov 25, 1918.
Born 1900. Son of Mr & Mrs John W. SUMMERS, Topeka, KS
KIA 22 Oct 1918 in the Puvenelle Sector and Woëvre Plain Operation, France following the St. Mihiel Offensive. A strong raiding party from the 64th Infantry, supported by artillery, was sent to the north of La Souleuvre Ferme on the 22nd. Originally buried in French soil, remains returned to the U.S. and re-interred in the Fairview Cemetery, Nemaha County, Kansas Section "B", Lot 26.

SUTHERLAND Kenneth L.
PFC National Guard, A Co., 110th Field Signal Battalion, 35th Division. Honor Roll Casualty List Jul 30, 1918.
Born 28 Oct 1898 Topeka, KS. Son of Aurilla L. & Charles E. SUTHERLAND, Topeka, KS
KIA 17 July 1918 at Moosch, Alsace, France. Originally buried in French soil, remains returned to the US and re-interred in the Topeka Cemetery, Section 82, Lot 188, Interment #16444 on 4 June 1921.

SWAN William Hamilton
Mechanic, D Co., 353rd Infantry, 89th Division. Enlisted Sept 1917 in Topeka, KS. Honor Roll Casualty List Dec 24, 1918.
Born 9 Jan 1890 Topeka, KS. Son of Clara (DAVIDSON) & Hamilton and SWAN, Topeka, KS and husband of Clara May (HAYNES) SWAN.
DFW 29 Oct 1918 in the American Red Cross Evacuation Hospital #114 at Fleury following severe gun shot wounds to the left thigh sustained in action on or about 25 Oct at Bantheville Wood, in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. SWAN was admitted to the hospital on Oct 26th. Originally buried in the Central Hospital Cemetery at Fleury-sur-Aire, remains re-interred in the Meuse-Argonne cemetery and later returned to the US and re-interred in the Topeka Cemetery Section 82, Lot 195, Interment #16571 on 18 Oct 1921.

SWANNELL, Thomas Burton
Pvt, A Co., 303rd Engineers 78th Division. Enlisted 29 Apr 1918 in N.J. but resident in Topeka, KS. Born 24 Feb 1894 Red Bank, NJ. Brother of Dr. & Mrs. Edmund James KULP, Topeka, KS
KIA 29 Sept 1918 in the aftermath of the St. Mihiel Offensive. A message was received by the 78th Division from the IV Corps on September 29, indicating that the enemy had withdrawn all of his troops in the corps zone of action except for a thin screen. The IV Corps ordered patrols sent forward on the entire front to gain contact with the enemy, locate his front line, and secure identifications and prisoners. Numerous patrols sent out during the night of September 29-30 readily gained contact along the front and confirmed the enemy order of battle. Buried at St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France Plot D Row 2 Grave 17.

SWENDSON, Harry Augustus (served as Harry DAVENPORT)
Lt, D Co., 4th Battalion, 1st Australian Infantry Brigade. Enlisted in the Australian Army at Orange, New South Wales, Australia Oct 1915.
Born 31 Mar 1874 Hawthorne, Atchison Co., KS. Son of Sarah & S. A. SWENDSON, Atchison, Atchison Co., KS.
DFW 4 Oct 1917, after fatal wounding from a sniper or shell fragments from a shell-burst, in the right chest or neck, at about 8:30 am, while digging in near the third enemy line which his Company was holding at Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge (Passchendaele Campaign), Belgium. He was dressed temporarily in the field and the stretcher bearers started for the dressing station but he died before they reached it. Harry was buried along the Broodseinde Ridge but, in the intensive enemy shelling, his grave marker was lost and his body never recovered.. Harry Swendson's name is located at panel 42 in the Commemorative Area on Panel 42 at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia. His name is also engraved on Panel 29 of the Ypres , Belgium and on the Atchison County WWI Memorial Honor Roll, Atchison, Kansas.

TAYLOR, George Daniel
PFC, L Co., 355th Infantry, 89th Division. Enlisted April 1918. Honor Roll Casualty List Feb 26, 1919 Born 18 Nov 1888 Osborne, Osborne Co., KS. Cousin of Mr. & Mrs J. Frank Zook, Rossville, Shawnee Co., KS.
DFD 2 Feb 1919 at Base Hospital #69, Savenay, Loire-Atlantique, following his recovery from wounds received on 5 Nov 1918 in the Argonne Offensive, compounded by a stab wound in the abdomen which caused peritonitis. Originally buried in French soil, remains returned to the US and re-interred in the Rossville Cemetery - no headstone.

VAN TASELL, Henry (Harry) Clair
Pvt, 347th Ambulance Company, 87th Division. Honor Roll Casualty List Dec 5, 1918.
Born 29 Jan 1896 Berwick, Warren Co., IL. Son of W.H. & Rosa B. VAN TASELL, Burlingame, Osage Co., KS and husband of Erma (AIKINS) VAN TASELL, Topeka, KS
DFD 8 Nov 1918 of complications from the Spanish influenza and pneumonia at Limoges, (either Base Hospital #13 or #28), Haute-Vienne, France. Originally buried at the American Cemetery at Limoges, France, remains returned to the US and re-interred in the Mt Hope Cemetery, Topeka, KS Section 1, Lot 171, Space 3.

WEIRICH Robert John
Pvt, 300th Bakery Company of the Quartermaster Corps. Enlisted June 1918. Honor Roll Casualty List Oct 28, 1918.
Born 28 Aug 1887 White City, Morris Co., KS. Son of Mr. & Mrs. John WEIRICH, Junction City, Geary Co., KS
DFD 30 Sep 1918 of complications from the Spanish influenza and pneumonia in France. Buried in the St. Marys Cemetery, Junction City, Geary Co., KS.