. Lansdowne school and the world war. Irwin J. Uhl enlisted September 18, 1917, in the MedicalCorps of the 312th Field Artillery, 79th Division U. S. A. Hewas in training at Camp Meade, Md., until he went overseas,where he remained eleven months, but was not in battle. Return-ing to America, he was discharged June 7, 1919. 75. Albert Clinton Wunderlich enlisted in May, 1918. Dur-ing the summer of 1917 he was in the training camp at Platts-burg. After enlisting he attended the officers training campat Fort Niagara; here he received his commission as secondlieutenant. He was then sent to Camp Me
. Lansdowne school and the world war. Irwin J. Uhl enlisted September 18, 1917, in the MedicalCorps of the 312th Field Artillery, 79th Division U. S. A. Hewas in training at Camp Meade, Md., until he went overseas,where he remained eleven months, but was not in battle. Return-ing to America, he was discharged June 7, 1919. 75. Albert Clinton Wunderlich enlisted in May, 1918. Dur-ing the summer of 1917 he was in the training camp at Platts-burg. After enlisting he attended the officers training campat Fort Niagara; here he received his commission as secondlieutenant. He was then sent to Camp Meade, where he was pro-moted to first lieutenant, 316th Infantry, 79th Division. In July, 1918, Lieutenant Wunderlich sailed for was in the Meuse-Argonne campaign, and the Battle of Mont-faucon. On September 28, 1918, he was killed in action. He had been recommended by his major for promotion to acaptaincy, but both he and his major made the supreme sacrificethe same day. Clinton had been graduated from the Lansdowne HighSchool in June, 1915. He then spent two years at Williams Col-lege. He died at the age of 22 years, beloved and admired by allwho knew him. The news of his death cast a gloom over theschool and the town. 76
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