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A gas mask drill failed to produce the training experience that Joe Rodriquez deserved.

Joseph Francis Rodriquez was born February 9, 1891, in California. Early records indicate that he was raised in a family that included at least three sisters.…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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The Christmas Eve story of their Joseph was far different from that of Joseph in the manger for Aptos school children in 1918.

Joseph R. Pasha was born in Santa Cruz County on February 14, 1898. His mother's name was Louisa. The 1910 Census…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Joe was too young for the draft, but old enough to become a multi-battle combat survivor.

Joseph S. Rebeiro was born about 1898 and is believed to have been a Pajaro Valley resident for most of his life. He was one of the four children of Mr. and…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

From a few references and some speculation a foggy portrait of this soldier can be attempted.

First World War draft records for California note that Kenneth James Reid was born on November 9, 1897, and that his mother's name was Dellie Belle…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"My daddy is going to shoot the Kaiser. When I grow up I am going to shoot Kaisers too," declared Leon Luther Clarke Jr.

Leon Luther Clarke was born about 1884 in Illinois. Census records indicate that his parents were also natives of that state,…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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A Watsonville business school graduate made an unwelcome contract with the flu.

Lester Frank Rowe was born on October 6, 1897, in Redwood City, California, to Frank and Bertie Francis Rowe. The family moved to the Pajaro Valley while Lester was…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Farming failed to earn Louis an exemption, and influenza gave him an unwanted one.

Louis Davis Chaney was born on September 18, 1889, in Dunstable, Massachusetts, to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Chaney. It has not been established when Louis arrived in…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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A Davenport Greek went "Over There" to support his two brothers in the Greek army.

Manuel S. Christodoulon was born on the Greek Island of Samos in August 1887 and came to the United States about 1912. Upon arrival he joined two of his brothers,…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

Pearl Turner was the only Santa Cruz County woman, serving in the armed forces, to have died during World War I.

Mary Pearl Turner was born in California about 1892 to Harry and Sarah Turner. Sometime between 1900 and 1910 Pearl, along with her…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"Put me among the girls" was Norton Pratt's request accompanying his photo in the 1914 Santa Cruz High School Trident yearbook.

Norton Pratt was born about 1896; however, details pertaining to his early life have not surfaced. He spent part of…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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