Walter Van Brunt, Duluth and St. Louis County: Their Story and People, Vol. II (Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, 1921), p. 633-635 Leo Arthur Brooks is listed as of Crookson residence prior to entering the service, but he might have been included with the honor men of Duluth, for he enlisted from Duluth, and had had residence in Duluth, living with his sister, Mrs. Leslie Code, 5107 Colorado Street, and working as a fireman in Duluth. He was born on December 11, 1886, at Hungerford, Michigan, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Brooks. When he enlisted he was more than thirty years old, and proved to be a most zealous and reliable soldier. After enlistment, he was sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., and assigned to Company K of the Fifty-third United States Infantry. He embarked at New York in July and reached the front line trenches in the Bosges Mountains, on September 6th. He was killed during a trench raid night of September 15-16th, and his conduct during that raid was such as to bring him commendation from his commanding officer, Capt. R. A. Helmbold, who wrote that Brooks continued to fight after being wounded, the captain stating that he had lost, in Brooks, "one of his bravest and best soldiers." He testified that Brooks kept his automatic rifle going until he was relieved, notwithstanding that he was mortally wounded; and he was of the opinion that it was due chiefly to the bravery and reliability of Brooks that the German raid was repelled. Wallace Orab Brown, who was gassed in the 1918 battle of the Marne, and died in hospital, in France on October 17, 1918, was born on June 23, 1901, at Kennan, Price County, Wisconsin. His father, John Brown, lives at Woodland and Wallace for a while was a brickmaker at Princeton, Minnesota, at which place he enlisted on August 27, 1917, electing to give service in a field artillery unit. He was sent to Camp Cody, New Mexico, and assigned to Company B, One Hundred and Second Field Artillery, eventually embarking for France. Peter Bruno, of West Duluth, was of Italian origin, his father being Antonio Bruno, of Goddisca, Udine, Italy. Charles C. Butler, of Virginia, gave his life voluntarily in a brave, self-sacrificing service to his division. He enlisted November 23, 1917, in the Tank Corps, which eventually became part of the American Expeditionary Forces; and his division came into action at one of the most difficult parts of the Hindenburg line of trenches, at Bony, France. Butler, the record states, volunteered to lay out black and white tape for tanks, one report stating that he was the only man of his division to volunteer for such work of extreme danger. He was killed while so engaged, a shell closing his career, and bringing his name onto the immortal roll of worthy American soldiers, who exceeded their duties in an endeavor to better serve their country. Butler was well-known and esteemed in Virginia, where his mother, Mrs. C. C. Butler, lives. He was born at Iron Mountain, Michigan, on November 15, 1889. Charles A. Campbell, who died of pneumonia in France, just one day before the Armistice ended hostilities in November, 1918, was a volunteer above the draft age. He enlisted in the lowest grade and by reliable service reached the responsibility of a sergeant. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Campbell, of 1511 East Third Street, Duluth. John William Campbell, of the Marine Corps, A. E. F., died of bronco-pneumonia at Coblez, Germany, on February 9, 1919. He was born May 20, 1890, at Calumet, Michigan, and was called to military service in April, 1918. Oscar C. Carlson, of Duluth, was the son of Mrs. Mary Carlson, of East Fifth Street, Duluth. Leonard William Cato, of Duluth, was enlisted in September, 1917, and became a member of an Infantry regiment of the famous Rainbow Division. He, however, was not destined to see foreign service, death coming on December 6, 1917, at Camp Dodge, Iowa, from spinal menengitis. He was a native of Duluth, born in that city on January 24, 1896 (or 1897), son of Louis Cato, who now lives at 2131 Columbia Avenue. Ole H. Christenson, whose papers show that he was a resident of Harding, St. Louis County, was the son of Mrs. Gunhild Christenson, of 508 W. Superior Street, Duluth. He died of pneumonia, at Camp Fremont, California, where he was stationed. He was a lieutenant of the One Hundred and Sixty-Sixth Depot Brigade, and his body was sent under military escort to Duluth for burial in the Forest Hill Cemetery. John Christopher, of Duluth, deserves good place among the Honor men of St. Louis County. He was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, and notwithstanding that he was forty-three years old, and could not get into the United States Army, which under the Selective Service plan was amply filled by much younger men, he was determined to find a place in the military forces arrayed against the German machine. He went to Canada, and at once was accepted for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, and assigned to an infantry unit. He was killed in action in France on September 27, 1918. he was mourned by many in Duluth, having for years been an employee of the Scott-Graff Lumber Company. His mother, Mrs. Mary Christopher, lives at 321 East Fifth Street, Duluth. Raulin H. Clark, a Duluth boy, was one of the first to enlist in May, 1917. He was assigned to the Medical Detachment of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Field Artillery, and went to France with that unit. After passing through all the dangers that came to his unit during the period of active fighting, he was destined to die of sickness, pneumonia necessitating his transfer to a hospital in Bordeaux, France, almost of the eve of the departure of his unit for home. He died in that hospital on January 21, 1919, but eventually his body was returned to the United States, and now rests in Oneota Cemetery. He was born on January 31, 1898, at Willow River, Minnesota, and the family later came to Duluth, his mother, Mrs. E. Clark, now living at 5809 Cody Street. The boy graduated from Denfield High School in 1916, and was well under the draft age when he enlisted. Mark Allen Cook lived in Cotton Township, his mother being Mr. Allen Cook, of Cotton. Alexander Cosgrove, who was a member of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces and was killed in action in France, was a Duluthian.