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Abel J Ekins

Born: 30 March 1897, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States
Died: 5 November 1918, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Served In: World War I
Branch of Service: Army
Rank: Private 1st Class
Service Notes: Enlisted 5 Sept 1918 and died, just 2 months later to the day, of pneumonia at the base hospital. He was 20 years old.

BYU Studies: about 1918

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The Banyan (1919)

Abel J. Ekins was included in the BYU yearbook The Banyan in 1919 in a list of BYU War Heroes. Source: Brigham Young University. The Banyan. Vol. 5. Provo, UT: Associate Students of Brigham Young University, 1919. https://archive.org/details/banyan1919brig/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater