THE EVENING RECORD
Recopied Article
November 27, 1918
Maywood Will Miss This Hero
John J. Sinniger Was Popular in Athletic and Social Circles There
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John J. Sinniger Jr. , the 19-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. SInniger, of Maywood, was killed in action on the battlefields of France on the 12th of October . Young Sinniger, better known as "Sep" throughout Maywood, enlisted in old Co. G of Hackensack on May 14, 1917, having just attained his 18th birthday. He joined his company at Passiac Park and was doing guard duty around Bergen County. From there he went to Pompton Lakes and on the 6th of September entrained with Co. G for Camp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama.
At the time of his death, the young hero was a member of Co. C, 114th Infantry, and sailed for France with his regiment in June, 1917, from Newport News. He met his gallant and hero's death in the thick of battle in the Argonne Forests near Verdun.
Sinniger's death was mentioned in Capt. Doremus letter, published on Monday in the evening record.
The news of Sinniger's death comes as a very severe and dreadful shock to the people of Maywood as the young man was well liked and well known by all the people and children of his town. Maywood loses one of its best all around athletes and will be missed at the Fourth of July games. "Sep" was a very active member of the Maywood Athletic Association, having been of the mainstays in baseball and track. He was a member of the crack medley relay team that came off second honors at the Bergen County Fair at Hohokus in 1916.
Sinniger was a graduate of the Maywood Grammer School, being the president of his class. He attended Hackensack High school until the time of his enlistment in Co. G. He was a member of the football team in 1916--- having won his--- and was also a member of the H. H. S. track team.
"Sep's" only brother is also in the service of his country, being stationed at Camp Merritt in the Quartermaster's Corp., Private Sinniger was 19 years old at the times of his death and his smiling face will be missed by his many friends who know him as "our smiling Johnnie."
This makes the second Maywood A. A. boy to give his life for his country, Elmer Romaine having been killed during the month of September.
