Charles Richard LONG (VETERAN WWI KIA)

FIRST LIEUTENANT Medical Corp US Army
World War I
August 27, 1891 - April 20, 1918

"Killed in action at Amiens France"

*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, July 28, 1921

LONG, Charles Richard - {from Lowell} The body of Lieut. Chas. R. Long arrived in Rogers Tuesday morning on No. 4 and will remain in the undertaking parlors until Sunday afternoon. The funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church at Rogers. Mrs. Curtis White of McAlester, Webber Long and wife of Muskogee, Dr. Thompson and wife of Broken Bow, Mrs. Helen Moncrief of Oklahoma City, Walter Long and family of Okemah, Dock Long of Vinita and Lemuel Long of Fairland, Okla., Ed Long of Neosho, Mo. and Mrs. Bonnie Loveless of Ft. Worth, Texas are all here to attend the funeral.

*Obituary
Bentonville Daily Democrat
Friday, July 29, 1921

The funeral services for Lieutenant Charles Richard Long, medical officer reserve corps, will be held at Rogers Sunday afternoon at 2:30. Military funeral will be conducted by the William F. Batjer post and members of the local post are asked to be present. Lieutenant Long, who lived at Lowell before entering the service, was killed early in the war by high explosive shells.

*Obituary
Rogers Democrat
Thursday, August 4, 1921

Despite the unusual heat many friends and relatives gathered here Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral of Lieut. Chas. Richard Long, who was killed in France April 20, 1918 and whose body arrived here last week. Services were held at the Presbyterian church at 2:30 under the auspices of the American legion, assisted by the pastor, Rev. T.E. McSpadden. Charles Richard Long was born August 27, 1891 at Harrison, Ark. The family later moved to Oklahoma and then came to Lowell in 1904 where the parents, M.P. Long and wife, still reside. The deceased graduated from the St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons in May 1916 and entered the railroad hospital at Sedalia, Mo. He enlisted in May 1917 and in September was sent to England and assigned to one of the large base hospitals at Leicester. In the spring he was transferred to France and was serving with the British army at Amiens when he was killed April 20, 1918 as he returned from a front line first aid station. He is survived by the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. J.M. Thompson, Broken Bow, Okla.; W.E. Long, Neosho, Mo.; J.W. Long, Okemah, Okla.; Mrs. J.C. White, McAlester, Okla.; Mrs. R.C. White, Lowell; G.E. Long, Muskogee, Okla.; Mrs. J.M. Moncrief, Oklahoma City; and Lloyd and Dewey Long of Lowell.

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