Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rehberg, John Leland October 2 1918
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, November 8, 1918
John L. Rehberg Dies In "No Man's Land"

Mr. J. G. Rehberg, one of Grady's most progressive farmers, residing six miles 
south of Cairo, has received a letter form Cecil D. Smith, a Chaplain with the 
American Expeditionary Forces in France, telling him of the death of his son, 
John Leland Rehberg.

This is the first news Mr. Rehberg has received concerning his son's death, the 
War Department having never notified him.  Mr. Rehberg has written Congressman 
Frank Park, requesting him to get any information he possibly can concerning 
the boy's death.

Young Rehberg was 26 years of age and was drafted into the service from Grady 
County the 27th of last June.  He had only been in France since about the first 
of September.  

The letter to Mr. Rehberg is as follows:

France
Oct. 3rd, 1918

Mr. John G. Rehberg,
Cairo, Ga.

My dear Mr. Rehberg:

As the Chaplain who had charge of the service rendered in honor of your son, 
John L. Rehberg, I wish to express my sincere sympathy for your loss.

I trust that your loyalty to the National cause may be so strong as to lighten 
the sorrow of this sacrifice and that your hope in the life to come may be so 
positive as to aspire you for a happy re-union in the better days when life's 
battles shall receive their full fruition.

Very sincerely yours,
Cecil D. Smith
Chaplain, 39th Infantry


Since the above was put in type, Mr. Rehberg has received the following letter:

A.P.O.N.
October 4, 1918
Mr. John G. Rehberg,
Cairo, Ga.

Dear Mr. Rehberg:

It is my painful duty to write to tell you that your son Private John L. 
Rehberg, Company A, 329th Infantry, died at 3:20 a.m. on October 2nd of 
pneumonia.  He was buried on October 3rd with military honors.  Everything 
possible was done for his welfare so that under no circumstances could he have 
received better medical attention.

I am an Episcopal clergyman and am the Senior Chaplain of this Division.  
Chaplain Cecil D. Smith, Methodist brother, Chaplain of this Division, 
officiated at the funeral which was a very beautiful one....(print was too dark 
and unreadable)    










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