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Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Fern C. Sanders, who died on October 13, 1918 at the base hospital in Ft. Riley, Kansas. A line in his obituary reads, "Under regulations governing the influenza epidemic, the funeral was private, only a few being present."
Date: 1918
Item Number: 222502
Call Number: World War I Coll. #49, Box 39 Kansas Soldiers
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222502
Collections - Manuscript - World War I
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Epidemics - Influenza of 1918
Date - 1910s - 1918
Military - Service - Army
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Note
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - St. John
Places - Counties - Stafford
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
Type of Material - Photographs
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