NEWS: Charles J. KLINE, 1918, native of Mifflin County, PA

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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