Admin/Biog History	Richard Procknow was born in Black Wolf on September 23, 1895, the son of William Procknow. He worked for Waite Grass Carpet and Deltox Grass Rug Company. In 1916 he joined Company F, 2nd Wisconsin National Guard and saw service on the Mexican Border in 1916. In 1917 they became Company C, 150th Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Division. He rose to the rank of sergeant. He died one and a half hours after an artillery shel blew off both his legs on July 30, 1918. His body was returned and buried at Riverside Cemetery in Lot 10, West 1/2 Block 163.
Collection	World War I Small Collections
Dates of Accumulation	July 12, 1918
Abstract	Notes from Headquarters with secret flair signals and rockets used in the trenches. Copy for Segeant Richard Procknow, Company C, 150th Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Division.
Event	World War I
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Legal Status	Oshkosh Public Museum
Object ID	SC411.10.14.4
Object Name	Notes
People	Procknow, Richard
Subjects	World War I Soldiers 150th Machine Gun Battalion 42nd Division Signal lights Rockets
Title	Secret Notes

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