NOTE;
The two young men that this Post was named for, were among the last forty-one group of drafted men to leave Seneca County on February 26, 1918. They took their training at Camp Upton, Long Island, and were sent overseas to France. After being killed in action, they were interned there, and their bodies returned to Seneca Falls for burial in June, 1921. Their sisters, Cecil Kirk and Elizabeth Casey would be Charter Members and the first two Presidents of the Post’s Auxiliary Unit.
Charles Frederick Kirk, Killed in Action, while on dispatch for the 27th Division, in France. Charles Frederick Kirk, son of Mrs. Catherine Kirk, was probably the first of the Seneca Falls soldiers overseas to die in action. He was reported as missing in action on August 27th, that information coming here about a month later. Not until this week has definite information been received. His family and many young friends hoped that "missing in action" might later be changed to "prisoner in Germany," but within the last few letters from friends in the overseas forces, have indicated that he was killed in action on that day and the official information confirms that report. Just a week before he had been transferred from Co. C, 309th Infantry, Seventy Seventh Division, to the headquarters battalion and was a dispatch bearer. It was in line of duty that he was killed. He was 24 years old at the time he entered the service on February 26, 1918, and was killed in action, August 28, 1918, during the Argonne Forest drive on August 27. The young man was most happy and high spirited and his death caused the deepest sorrow among his friends who went through their military training with him. He leaves his mother Mrs. Catherine Kirk, No. 82 Ovid street, two sisters, Mrs. G. J. Winkle of Jamestown, and Miss Cecil Kirk of Seneca Falls, and two brothers, John and Henry Kirk of Caledonia.
Maynard Francis Casey, Killed in Action, serving with the 306th Machine Gun Battalion, in France. Maynard Francis Casey left Waterloo on February 26, 1918. He received his training at Camp Upton and was sent overseas on May 26, as a member of the 306th Machine Gun Battalion. He was killed in battle in the Fismes sector on September 23. Maynard Casey was the son of Joseph Casey in Bridge street. The young man was one of three brothers in the service. The service flag that has hung within the home for three years contains one gold and two red stars. Private Casey was the second member of his family to go to the front, Joseph Casey, having preceded him as a corporal of Company B, 108th Infantry. Martin Casey enlisted in the Coast Artillery. Besides his father and two brothers, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. William Dohrer, Mrs. Frank Hamill and Miss Elizabeth Casey of Seneca Falls, .
