OBIT: Harry G. DOSSLER, 1918, Antis Township, Blair County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MFS, JRB Copyright 2006, 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/blair/ _________________________________________ SOLDIER DEAD Word was received by Mrs. Hillard of Fostoria yesterday that Private Harry G. Dossler, her brother and a former well known Tyrone young man, had died of injuries received in action. The young man was injured on Oct. 6 and mention of the seriousness of his condition was made through the War department. The telegram yesterday stated that he had passed away in the base hospital on Oct. 31. He was the son of the late Henry and Katherine Dossler and was born here July 4, 1892. He left Tyrone about a year ago and enlisted at Elmira, N.Y., in Battery D, 15th field artillery, on Aug. 23. He sailed with his battery for France on Dec. 7, 1817, and had seen a number of hard engagements before being injured. The young man had many friends in Tyrone who deeply regret to hear of his death. Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, November 26, 1918 BODY OF HARRY DOSSLER ARRIVES IN BELLWOOD The body of Harry Dossler, the young Antis township man who lost his life in France, while defending his country, arrived in Bellwood this morning and was given in charge of Funeral Director George E. Fuoss. The body had arrived at Hoboken prior to Christmas but was delayed in reaching Bellwood. The young soldier will be buried at Tyrone on Sunday afternoon with military honors, the services to be in charge of the American Legion. His only relative is a sister, Mrs. Anna Hillard, residing at Fostoria. She was notified of the arrival of the body from Europe at Hoboken and anxiously awaited the arrival here. The services on Sunday afternoon will be conducted in the Logan Avenue Methodist church, Logan avenue and Twelfth street, Tyrone, at 1 o'clock, and will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Fasick, pastor of the Tyrone church, and Rev. J. A. Anderson, pastor of the Bellwood Methodist church. The body will be laid to rest in Grandview cemetery by the members of the American Legion, with full military honors. The young man was the son of Henry and Catharine Dossler, both deceased, and was aged 26 years. He was a member of Battery D, Fifteenth field artillery and was wounded in the battle of the Argonne and died Oct. 13, 1918, in a hospital in France. Altoona Mirror, Thursday, January 13, 1921