ARTHUR STANG

Departure September 29, 1918, at Hoboken, New Jersey, on the U.S.S. Leviathan
Unit Engineers, 468th Pontoon Train
Rank Private
Service Number 3013883

Arthur Stang was born September 20, 1894, near Halbur. He had eight brothers and sisters, William, Margaret (Mrs. Emil) Kuhn, Florence, Carrie, Mary, Ella, Lillian, and Lydia. Arthur entered the service August 13, 1918, and received his training at Camp Forest, Georgia. He sailed for France September 29, 1918, with Company 468 Engineers Service. Stang died October 21, 1918, a victim of the terrible epidemic of influenza which was sweeping the continent at the time.

His parents, William Adam and Augusta (Nieland) Stang, moved to Manning shortly after his death. Arthur's body was the first from this area returned from overseas, and services were held January 14, 1921, at the Lutheran Church.

Arthur Stang is up at Rutland visiting with his brother, William, and incidentally looking for an opportunity to take on Gotch. If anyone in these parts can put Gotch to the bad, Arthur is the young giant to do it. During his absence Mr. Stang is chore boy on the Stang ranch south of Manning.
Carroll Sentinel, December 14, 1911

Mr. and Mrs. Adam Stang living east of Manning received the sad news Wednesday through a telegram from the government that their son Arthur had died from an attack of pneumonia in a hospital in France. No Other information was obtained. Arthur Stang went with one of the Tait allotments of soldiers from this county, and is as far as known the first, soldier boy on the Halbur list to lose his life in this war. Death occurred October 21. The saddened Stang family have the deep sympathy of many friends in their sorrow.
Manning Monitor
Carroll Times, November 28, 1918

It was with extreme sadness that the Halbur people learned of the death of Arthur Stang in France from lobar pneumonia. Arthur was a fine strapping young man of high ideals, and his death is a severe shock to all his friends and relatives. It is ardently hoped that the remains can be brought home and honor due him be shown. He is the first boy on the Halbur list of over fifty to offer the supreme sacrifice, and his memory will be forever cherished in this community.
Carroll Times, December 5, 1918

Arthur Stang is buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Section B Row #31 north - south.