Word was received here this week of the death of Richard Kirkpatrick, who fell a victim to a Hun machine gun bullet at the Argonne battle on October 15.
The Flat River Masonic lodge, of which young Kirkpatrick had been a consistent and valued member, received a letter from one of his companions. The letter stated that he fell facing the foe, the bullet entering his heart. The remains were laid to rest under the personal... [a line of print is missing here] ... wrote the letter, and a marker placed at the grave.
Young Kirkpatrick was formerly employed in the office of the Federal Lead Company. He volunteered early in the war and was one of the first young men from Flat River to enter the service. He spent several months in training at Fort Sill, Okla., during which time he was promoted to the rank of sergeant. After going to France and spending some time at the front he was returned to England to take a course at an officers training school. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant and had only been returned to the front a short time before his death.
Young Kirkpatrick was a member of the Flat River Presbyterian church and was a young man of exemplary character and sterling worth. The news of his untimely death was a great shock to his host of friends here whose privilege it was to known him well.
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