Stephan S. Gauss

Stephan S. Gauss of 13 Liberty Street served in the US Army during World War I. He was born on July 22nd, 1887 in Marblehead, Massachusetts. Stephan initially enlisted on June 24th, 1918 in Freeport, Maine to the 151st Depot Brigade. He was later transferred on July 11th, 1918 to Battery D, 301st Field Artillery, 76th Division and arrived overseas on July 27th, 1918. Tragically, he died from disease near Bordeaux, France on October 3rd, 1918. He was the son of John and Jennie Gauss of Salem and brother to Grace Josephine of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Katherine Ferncroft of Calcutta, India, and John Whitcher of Salem.