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• School: Teachers College
• Class Year: 1917
• War: World War I
• Date of Death: October 3, 1918

First Lieutenant Burr Dexter Straight, Company I, 8th Regiment, 2nd Division, U.S. Army, was killed in action on October 3, 1918.

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