NEWS: Charles J. KLINE, 1918, native of Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ LEWISTOWN PARENTS HEAR SON IS KILLED Captain of Battery Writes of Death of Charles J. Kline in France Special to the Tribune. Lewistown, August 5. - Mr. and Mrs. Christ Kline today received a letter from Captain J. T. Bonner, commanding the Second Trench Mortar battery in France, telling them of the death of their son, Charles J. Kline, killed on June 29 by enemy artillery fire. He was buried with honors of war, the chaplain of the marines officiating. As yet no word has been received from the war department of his death. Kline enlisted at Altoona July 29, 1917, and was in service just eleven months when killed. He was in training at Columbus and Gettysburg and landed in England January 8, 1918, going thence to France. Altoona Tribune, Tuesday morning, August 6, 1918, page 1