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Great-Uncle John, 1918

My great-uncle, John Betsch, who was born in 1894, and enlisted in the US Army in 1918. He only made it as far as Camp Custer, Michigan, where he was attached to Company K, 10th Infantry. He contracted the Spanish Influenza and died on October 10, 1918. View full size.

My great-uncle, John Betsch, who was born in 1894, and enlisted in the US Army in 1918. He only made it as far as Camp Custer, Michigan, where he was attached to Company K, 10th Infantry. He contracted the Spanish Influenza and died on October 10, 1918. View full size.

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He was a nice looking young man. Sorry to hear about his early death from that horrible influenza.

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