NEWS: Mark H. BROWN, 1918, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA

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MIFFLIN COUNTY SOLDIER KILLED

Special to the Tribune.
  Lewistown, Pa., July 28 - Mark H. Brown, only son of Mrs. Fannie Brown, of 
this place, proves to be the first to sacrifice his life for freedom from among 
the many from Mifflin county now in the field.  Mark ran away from his home here 
in 1916 and no trace of him could be found until a few days ago, when his mother 
received a communication from Canadian authorities saying that he had lost his 
life with the Eighty-seventh Overseas Battalion on November 18, 1916.
  A message was sent the mother at the time but was evidently lost en route.  
Young Brown enlisted in the Canadian service when not quite 15 years old and 
made an excellent soldier.

Altoona Tribune, Monday, July 29, 1918, page 9