Clinton County IA Archives Military Records.....McAndrew, William September 27, 1918
WWI Co. C, SAN TR INF, Camp Pike, Ark.
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William McAndrew Dies At Camp Pike
Lost Nation Press, reprinted in the Maquoketa Excelsior-Record, September 27, 
1918 

William McAndrew- 
A telegram was received here on Wednesday announcing the death of William 
McAndrew at Camp Pike, Arkansas, Wednesday, October 1, following a short 
illness of Spanish influenza and pneumonia. A brother Jerome McAndrew left 
Wednesday for his bedside, but he had passed away before he reached there. The 
remains will be shipped to Toronto and funeral arrangements will be made upon 
the arrival of the body. 
William McAndrew was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. William McAndrew and grew 
to manhood in this vicinity. This is the second time Death has visited this 
family during the past six months, the mother having died in May. He was 
called to his country’s service in July and placed in training at Camp Pike, 
where he was overtaken by the dread disease Spanish influenza, pneumonia 
developing later and causing his death. He was 21 years of age and leaves to 
mourn his untimely death his father, William McAndrew, two sisters and three 
brothers, besides a number of other relatives and friends who are numbered by 
the breadth of his acquaintance. 




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