World War I -- Ruel Bond

Ruel Bond was my second cousin twice removed. He was a grandson of my 2nd great-granduncle, George Bond, one of the first pastors of the Baptist Church in Eugene, Oregon.

This newspaper article of 21 Sep 1918, from the Corvallis Gazette-Times, states that Ruel was killed in action in France, 18 Jul 1918. He had at first just been reported missing in action and there was hope that he had been taken prisoner. But a telegram in September confirmed that he had been killed.

The reporter noted that as far as he knew, Ruel was the first young man from Corvallis to die in the War in France.

Another mention of Ruel in the Corvallis newspaper states that a memorial service would be held for him at the First Baptist Church in Corvallis on Sunday, 1 Dec 1918.

His name has been included in the gravestone for his parents in the Riverside Cemetery in Albany, Oregon. But records show that he was buried in France in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery.