OBIT: Frank HAWK, 1918, Dauphin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JudyBoo Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/dauphin/ _________________________________________ Another Harrisburg Boy Killed in Action Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hawk, 405 Woodbine street, were officially notified yesterday of the death of their son, Frank Hawk, who died from wounds received in action on the firing line in France. The telegram from Adjutant General McClain, states that he died on July 30. Young Hawk enlisted in Company I of the old Eighth Regiment on June 20, 1917 and went with that contingent to Camp Hancock where he was assigned to Company K, of the 106th Regiment which sailed for France on May 6. He has two other brothers now in the service, one, Charles, who is a corporal stationed with the Engineer Corps in France and the other, Clarence, who is a member of the Aviation Repair Corps at Montgomery, Alabama. Today would have been Frank's eighteenth birthday. He was a member of the Camp Curtin Methodist Episcopal Church, and of Camp 8, of the P. O. S. of A. He is survived by his parents, one sister, Mrs. Bessie Henry, and three brothers, David, at home, and Clarence and Charles, in the United States Army service. The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Wednesday, August 14, 1918 MEMORIAL TOMORROW FOR FRANK HAWK Brief memorial services for Frank Hawk, 405 Woodbine street, who gave his life on the battlefields of France, will be held in the Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church, Sixth and harton [sic] streets, tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. Before the memorial services, the Rev. John H. Mortimer, pastor, will preach a sermon upon "Subjective Heroism." The gold star will then be placed in the service flag of the church above all the rest. The Evening News, Harrisburg, Penna., Saturday, August 17, 1918