Berner, Robert – Obituary
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon First Boy from County Is Killed In Battle. Robert Berner, the first Wallowa county boy to die on the field of battle in France, was killed in action July 15, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Berner of Flora. Two other men from this county have died in service. Alfred Hagen, who succumbed to pneumonia in England, and Stanley R. Augusburger of a forest regiment, who was lost on the torpedoed transport Tuscania. Robert Berner and Richard Garrett went to Spokane and enlisted in the artillery in July, 1917. Robert … Read more