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Ben Lorenzen
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Becky Dirks Haugsted provided the images and Janet A. Brandt transcribed the text.
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Private Ben Lorenzen of Olin was the son of S. M. and Brodine Lorenzen. He was born in Madison twp., Jones County, April 5, 1895. Nearly all his life was spent on a farm in Hale twp from which place he was called for the Selective Army. He went to Camp Gordon on July 25th, 1918, and on Sept. 14 sailed with the American Army for England. A letter from him dated Oct. 5th stated he was in a hospital suffering with a bad cold, but it proved to be the fatal malady. He passed away in the hospital at Paington, England, Oct. 20, 1918, from Spinal Meningitis following Influenza. He was cared for to the last by a skilled American physician and Red Cross nurses. He was buried in a beautiful cemetery overlooking the English Channel, with military honors. He leaves his mother, three sisters and two brothers. | ||||
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