. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1122896047"^^ . . . . . . . "Artois, France"@en . . . . . . "1917"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "4491404"^^ . "Carrollton, Iowa, US"@en . . . "1917-11-03"^^ . "Merle Hay"@en . . . . . "West Lawn Cemetery, Glidden, Iowa"@en . . . "Company F, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Merle David Hay (July 20, 1896 \u2013 November 3, 1917) was the first Iowa serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana and Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."@en . . . . . . "1896-07-20"^^ . . . . . . . . "9506"^^ . . . . . . . "Merle Hay"@en . . . . . . . . "1917"^^ . . . . . "1917"^^ . . . . . . . "Merle David Hay (July 20, 1896 \u2013 November 3, 1917) was the first Iowa serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Corporal James Bethel Gresham of Evansville, Indiana and Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Merle Hay"@en . . . . . .