St Landry County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Pitre, Leo October 14, 1918
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St. Landry Clarion (Opelousas, LA) Oct. 19, 1918, page 2
Leo Pitre - Death stalks abroad during these times and the work of the Grim 
Reaper never ceases. His visits to a community some times are far between and 
when he does arrive he leaves often his mark at many doors.

Just a few months ago Leo Pitre, son of Mr. Leon Pitre of this city, left here 
for Camp Martin, New Orleans, where he was to engage in special training for 
the military service. Healthy and vigorous, he looked forward to doing his bit 
for the government, but his dream of what he would do has passed under the cold 
and impartial hand of death.

The young soldier, who had reached the age of twenty-five years, passed away on 
the 14th instant at Camp Sevier, North Carolina, another of the many victims of 
influenza. His remains were brought to Opelousas on last Thursday in charge of 
a corporal and quietly interred in the Catholic cemetery. His passing leaves a 
vacant place in the large family of Mr. Leon Pitre, and while he did not die on 
the filed of glory, he has never-theless given his life in the service of his 
country. Man can do no more, and to the bereaved father and family this 
newspaper extends it sympathies in the untimely loss of their soldier boy. 

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