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David Day was born in Layton, Utah 1 May 1896. He attended Layton public schools and farmed with his father. He entered the service 9 August 1918 and was sent to Camp Fremont, California. He was eventually sent east and died of the Spanish influenze and pneumonia at the Military Hospital at Camp Mills, New York. He was given a military funeral, 10 November 1918, in the Kaysville Cemetery.
Ada Elizabeth Day Finfrock was born 11 March 1898 in Layton, Utah. She attended school at the University of Utah and UCLA. She married John Quincy Finfrock 27 December 1933 in Yuma, Arizona. She was employed as a civil service worker with the Department of the Army before her retirement. She died 10 June 1984 and is buried in the Kaysville Cemetery.
Collection consists of letters written to Ada Elizabeth Day from Layton, Utah soldiers during World War I. Also contains the legal papers concerning the death of David Day from the Spanish influenza.
Kent Day Family Papers, ca. 1917-1919, Utah State Historical Society.
Gift of Kent Day
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