OBIT: Merl D. TIPTON, 1918, Martinsburg, Blair County, PA

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MARTINSBURG BOY KILLED IN ACTION

  Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Tipton, of Martinsburg received a message from 
the war department at Washington yesterday, bringing the information 
that their son, Merl D. Tipton, had given his life for his country on 
the battlefield of France, being killed in action on Oct. 5.  Besides 
his parents he is survived by the following brothers and sisters: 
Albert H., in France; Mrs. C. H. Paul of 1019 Twenty-first avenue, this 
city; Ralph G. and Mary, both at home.
  Mr. Tipton was among the quota of young men from the Hollidaysburg 
district who went to Camp Lee in March of this year.  His brother, 
Albert, went at the same time and both young men trained together and 
when the boys were last heard from both were yet in the same unit 
overseas.
  The last letter received was written Sept. 21.  They were just making 
ready to get into action along the Meuse river.  The boys belonged to 
Company G, 419th infantry, 80th division.
  The dead soldier was born July 15, 1893, at Martinsburg.  He was a 
member of the Church of God, the P.O.S. of A. and the I.O.O.F.
  He is the second Martinsburg boy to die on the battlefield recently, 
the father of Guy L. Bonner of that town last week receiving notice of 
the latter's death in action.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday Morning, November 6, 1918