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Marquis, Ralph Irving (92), son of Otis aud Mary Barber Marquis, was born at Greentown, Ind .. Jan. 28, 1899. He enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., April 23, 1917, and at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was promoted to corporal Oct. 16, 1917. When he was transferred to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., be was attached to Troop E, Eighteenth Cavalry; but at Camp Shelby, Miss., be was assigned to the Seventy-sixth V. A. He went from there to Camp Merritt, N. J., and then sailed to France. For a time he was stationed in the northern part of the country. He was on the firing line in the Second Battle of the Marne, July 7 to August 2, St. Mibiel salient, Sept. 12 to 16, and the Meuse-Argonne offensive, Oct. 4 to 13. While carrying ammunition to the front lines he was wounded. He heard the shell coming, jumped from his horse and threw himself on the ground. The shell killed his horse and wounded him in the right arm. He sailed for the United States, March 26, 1919, and in April was given his discharge from Bat. C, 176th F. A., Third Division.
Marsh, Samnel Rairden (78), son of Henry and Sarah Marsh, was born April 16, ISSS. On Dec. 15, 1917, at Kokomo, Ind., be enlisted in the army and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Ile sailed from Newport News, Va,, to St. Nazaire, France, in January, 1918. Ile served in the capacity of corporal. Ile was discharged July 26, 1919.
Marsh, William Henry, son of Henry and Sarah Marsh, was born July 3, 1898. When be enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 26, 1917, he was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky., and then to Newport News, Va., before going to France. He was stationed with the Eleventh Cavalry at St. Nazaire.
Marshall, Clyde, son of Benton C. and Effie J. Marshall, joined the army at Vancouver Bar- racks, Wash., in February, 1918, and was assigned to Co. C. 314th Engineers. He also had training at Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Cal., and the American University. Washington, D. C. Then he went to France.
Marshall, Dudley,
Marshall, Floyd (12), son of A. C. (deceased) and Emma V. Marshall, was born in Russia- ville, Ind., March 9, 1895. In 1913 he graduated from the Russiaville High School. Ile attended Purdue University in 1913-1914 and Indiana University 1914-1916. He was sports-editor on the Kokomo Tribune when he entered the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, May 14, 1917. On Aug. 15, 1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant and assigned to the 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. On Sept. 6, 1217, he was transferred to the Thirty-eighth Division,
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JOHN L.RECORD
ROLLIE PETTY
GEORGE TUBBS
DAN SHEWMON
JOE SHEWMON
HARRY KUNTS
MARSHALL WATKINS
CHARLES G.JARVIS
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Camp Shelby, Miss., and attached to the 150th Infantry. On Dec. 25, 1917, he returned to Camp Zachary Taylor, attached to the 333rd Infantry. On April 20, 1918, he was assigned to the First Replacement Regiment, Camp Gordon, Ga. He sailed on July 21, 1918, for France with the Fourth Company of the July Automatic Replacement Draft. Immediately after arriving over- seas, he was placed in the 163rd Infantry, Forty-first Division. After Jan. 5, 1919, he served with the Headquarters, First Replacement Depot, and convoyed troops over France, Belginm, Luxemburg and Germany until March G, 1919, the date of his transfer to the American Ex- peditionary Forces University, Beaune, France. He embarked for the United States, June 15, 1919, and arrived in New York July 1, 1919. His discharge was issued at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., July 24, 1919, with the grade of second lieutenant.
Marshall, George D. (5), was born in Cass Co., Ind., Dec. 17, 1872. Ilis higher education was secured at Kentucky University, the Medical College, Louisville, Ky., and the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons, Indianapolis, from which he was graduated in 1904. He enlisted in the army in June, 1917, and after attending the O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison from Sept. 15 to 22, he was assigned as orthopedic surgeon at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. Ou April 8, 1918, he was appointed chief of orthopedic service, base hospital, Camp Joseph E. Johnston. Ou July 21, 1918, he left for overseas service in the reconstruction hospitals of Lon -. don, Southampton and Liverpool, remaining in this work for eight months. He was com- missioned first lieutenant, medical reserve corps, July 16, 1917; captain, Dec. 22, 1917; major, July 19, 1918. On March 25, 1919, he received his discharge at Camp Dix, N. J., and returned to his home in Kokomo, Ind.
Marshall, James Anderson.
Marshall, John, son of James II. and Elizabeth Campbell Marshall, was born ju Cass Co., Ind., July 8, 1888. Ile graduated from Indiana University in 1912. He served his entire en- listment from June 3, 1918, to March 1, 1919, with the headquarters company of the 325th F. A. As a musician he was with the American forces in France from Sept. 9, 1918, to Feb. 15, 1019; then he returned to the States and was discharged March 1, 1919.
Marshall, Lloyd Jennings, was sent to Winona Lake, Ind., Oct. 15, 1918. His discharge was received at Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 21, 1918. lle had been attached to the S. A. T. C. of the Chamber of Commerce.
Marshall, Virgil 11.
Marshall, Woody Corwin (73), son of A. C. and Emma Viola Albertson Marshall, was born Aug. 12, 1897, in Monroe Tp., Howard Co., Ind. lle graduated from high school in 1915 and at- tended college one year. Ile joined the navy May 20, 1918, at Indianapolis, Ind., aud was rated apprentice seaman.
Martin, Charles R. (SI), son of Clay and Margaret lester Martin, was born at Alto, Ind. After graduating from the Kokomo lligh School in 1903, and from Purdue University in 1908, he married Addie Louise Mielen. When he enlisted in the army at Detroit. Mich., Nov. 19, 1917. he was assigned to the 330th F. A., Camp Custer, Mich. For three months he attended the O. T. C. at Camp Jackson, S. C., and was a sergeant. On June 1, 1918, he was commissioned second lieutenant aud transferred to the ordnance department, Rock Island, III.
Martin, Clifford Linville. Martin, David.
Martin, David Harrison, son of Edward C. and Sarah E. Rve Martin, was born Hear Ko- komo, Ind. On June 30, 1917, he enlisted and was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky. Seven months were spent at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, before going to France. Arriving there March 11, 1918, he went into action on the Starne in June and remained there throughout July and August. In September he was in the St. Mihiel salient, and in the Argonne Forest on Oct. 9, 1918, he was seriously wounded. For many weeks after his return to the States in the spring of 1919 he was in hospital ward No. 21 at Fort Benjamin Harrison. On June 9, 1919, he received his discharge.
Martin, David L., was born in Fayette Co., Ky., Dec. 29, 1892. Ilis wife is Haleye l'ickett Martin. He hegan his service Aug. 30, 1918, when he was sent from Kokomo, Ind., to Camp Custer, Mich., and assigned to the Seventy-eighth Infantry, Fourteenth Division. On Jan. 27, 1919, he received his discharge.
Martin, Daniel Leer.
Martin, Elmer (lyde, was born May 31, 1899. His service was with Co. D. Third Infantry.
Martin, Emile F. (68), son of Victor and Mary Martin, natives of France, was born at Crystal City, Mo., Aug. 21, 1886. ITis first wife, Emma Hardebeck Martin, is dead. His sec-
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und marriage was with Mary Miller Wansbrough. He enlisted as a private in Co. I, Second Indiana Infantry, and was advanced to corporal April 20, 1907; commissioned second lieutenaut Feb. 29, 1908; first lieutenant March 5. 1911: captain March 15, 1912; resigned upon leaving Kokomo; re-commissioned captain Co. E, Second Indiana Infantry, June 27, 1915; on Mexican horder eight months; East Chicago, Ind., March 26-Aug. 15, 1916; Camp Shelby, Miss., Aug. 15-Oct. 5, 1918. Some time after his arrival in France, he was transferred to the First Army Head- quarters and appointed interpreter. Ile was in the battle of Sedan Nov. 6, 7 and 8, and his discharge papers show that his hearing was permanently injured. Ile returned to the States in June, 1919, and was mustered out at Camp Dix, N. J., June 20, 1919.
Martin, James Russell, son of Sylvester M. and Della Martin, was born Jan. 30, 1sas. After enlisting in the army at Kokomo, Ind., he was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky. His training in the aviation section was received at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. He embarked from Newport News for France with the 468th Aero Squadron.
Martin, John. Martin, John T.
Martin, Maynard Robert, son of Iliram (deceased) and Angeline Martin, was born May 10, 1896. Ile enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 11, 1917, and was assigned to headquarters com- pany, F. M. S., which was in France for several months.
Martin, Mitford Maynard.
Martin, Paul Linville, sont of Omar C. and Myrtle Martin, was only fifteen years of age when he enlisted in the army. He served in France for nearly fifteen months and was slightly wounded and gassei.
Martin, Pleasant D. (66), son of W. H. (deceased) and May Patterson Martin, was born at Greentown, Ind., June 21, 1891. Ile attended high school two years. From July 6, 1915, to July, 1919, he served in the navy on the battleship U. S. SS. "Utah," and went to Cuba, South America, France, England and Ireland. The "I'tah" was in the convoy on one of the Presi- dent's trips to France, and he was on special duty in London for a time. Ile holds first prize in marksmanship with 12-inch guns, having made six bulls-eyes in six shots in one minute and two seconds, which is almost the world record. Ile was promoted to coxswain.
Martin, Roy Melton (19), son of Dr. Amos Addison and Nettie Jane Daily Martin, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Dec. 24, 1892. He graduated from the New London High School in 1911. After going to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Sept. 21, 1917, he was promoted through the various grades to sergeant. Before finishing the course in the radio signaling school, he was trans- ferrell to the gas, flame and smoke department, and after going to France, he was an in- structur and inspector in this work. Ile left the United States Sept. 5, 1918. with Bat. D. 325th F. A .. Eighty-fourth Division, and was mustered out of the army March 1, 1919.
Martin, Vaughn Monroe (81), son of L. B. and Nancy Smith Martin, was born Ort. 11, 1896. in Fayette Co., Ky. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., March 29, 1918. After spending five months at Camp Zachary Taylor and five months in France, he was sent to Germany, at- tached to Co. G, 356th Infantry, Eighty-ninth Division, and was on duty there three months.
Martin, Von.
Martin, Wallace Harold (61), son of George Clay and Hester Thorne Martin, was born at Alto, Ind., Dec. 9, 1895. Ile graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1913, and was in his senior year at Indiana University when he enlisted in the army in April, 1917, the same month war was declared. On Oct. 3, 1917, he sailed with the Forty-second "Rainbow" Division and went into action in Lorraine Feb. 21, 1918. He was on the Champagne front in July, 1918; also at Chateau Thierry and in the Toul sector. After going to Germany he was placed on detached service and sent to the Sarbonne University in Paris for four months, lle was ad- vanced to sergeant of Bat. F. 150th F. A., Sixty-seventh Brigade. In August, 1919, he returned to the United States and was discharged.
Martz, Frank Alonzo (47), son of Otto and Anna Martz, was born in New Albany, Ind., but joined the army while living in Kokomo, Ind., June 5, 1917, and was attached to the medical corps, Camp Shelby, Miss.
Mason, William Evert (66), son of Jonas E. and Lillie E. Roberts Mason, was born in Grant Co., Ind., Jan. 8, 1900. He enlisted at the Kokomo recruiting office and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., May 8, 1918. He arrived in France, June '21, 1918, and was in active service with Co. C, 314th Field Signal Battalion until the armistice was signed. He was dis- charged at Camp Sherman, June 10, 1919.
Massey, George W. (50), son of Naldo and Emma Quade Massey, was born at Edwardsville, Ill., Dec. 17, 1898. He graduated from the high school at Swayzee, Ind., although his home was
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in Howard County. He enlisted in the army at Marion. Ind., Jan. 17. 1917, and was on duty at Fort Thomas, Ky., and Greenville, S. C., until sent to France with the 1106th Air Replace- ment Squadron. Upon his return to the States he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor and there discharged Jan. 3, 1919, as a member of the Fifth Co., Second Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. He was discharged September 12, 1919.
Mast, Clarence Jacob, son of Andrew L. and Daisy O. Mast, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Sept. 18, 1895. He graduated from the Converse High School in 1913. On July 13, 1917. he enlisted in the army and was assigned to Co. E, Forty-second Infantry; later he was a member of the 139th F. A. After training at Camp Shelby, Miss., for one year. he left for France Oct. 6, 1918, and returned to the States Dec. 23, 1918. His discharge was granted Jan. 15, 1919.
Mast, Meldo R. (82), son of Samuel D. and Lydia C. Sproal Mast, was born near Green- town, Ind., July 24, 1895. He was inducted into the army at Kokomo, Ind., April 26, 1918. After spending six weeks at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., he was attached to the 148th Ani- hulance Co., 112th Sanitary Train, Camp Sheridan, Ala. Five weeks later he entrained for Camp Upton, N. Y., and embarked for England and France. He saw service on the western front and was gassed at Verdun.
Mate, Russell E.
Matthews, Elmer, son of Michael and Emma Courtway Matthews, was born in Benton Har- hor, Mich., in 1888. He enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., May 1, 1918, and on the thirteenth of the month he was called to the Great Lakes Station, where he was in service until Dec. 17, 1918, with the Tenth, and later the Seventeenth Regiments.
Matthews, John F. Mathias, Alvie.
Matchett, Clyde (94), son of J. W. and Irene Marshall Matchett, was born at Elwood, Ind., Sept. 10, 1895. On Dec. 13, 1917, he enlisted in the medical corps, and saw service with Co. I, at Camp Stuart, Va. He had not been discharged in September, 1919.
Matchette, Orville.
Matlock, Edwin Leon (48), son of James E. and Mattie I. Matlock, was born in Kokomo, Ind., in 1897. He entered the army Ang. 28. 1918, and was stationed at Camp Sherman, Chil- licothe, Ohio, as a member of the Twenty-fourth Co., Sixth Battalion. His discharge was given in February, 1919.
Mattix, Paul Rhodes (84), son of Justice C. and Nellie Rhodes Mattix, was born at Gas City, Ind., Jan. 4, 1893. He graduated from the Maplewood Classical School in Kokomo, Ind., in June, 1910, and the Kokomo Business College in 1911. After several attempts to get into the army, he was finally accepted at Cleveland, Ohio, in September, 1918, and was commis- sioned second lieutenant Oct. 31, 1918. A short period was spent at Washington, D. C., in the motor transport corps before he was transferred to Camp Holabird, Md. He was there when the armistice was signed, but soon after he was returned to Washington, D. C., and assigned to the maintenance division, motor transport corps. Munitions Building. He was discharged in the fall of 1919.
Maudlin, Clinton D.
Maudlin, Paul Eugene (45). son of Mrs. Mattie Dearinger, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Dee. 12, 1894. He was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Oct. 5. 1917, and assigned to Bat. E. 325th F. A .: then he was transferred to the 159th F. A., Brigade Headquarters; and finally to Camp Knox, Ky., before he sailed from Camp Mills, L. I., on the English ship "Orduna" for Liverpool. After his arrival at Cherbourg, France, Sept. 22, 1918, he was sent to Camp de Songe near Bordeaux. He left for the States Jan. 6, 1919, on the U. S. SS. "Wilhelmina," and was mustered out of the service at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Feb. 1, 1919.
Maupin, Garnett Earl, was born in Kokomo, Ind, When he was twenty-two years of age he enlisted in the Q. M. C. Ile was on duty at Camp Hancock, Ga., when he was discharged Jan. 27, 1919.
Maxwell, J. D.
Mayfleld, Hollace Earl (38), son of Dr. Marcellus and Laura P. Mayfield, was born at Charleston, Ind., Feb. 13, 1893. After graduating from the Kokomo High School, he attended Wabash College three years. He enlisted in the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison May 12, 1917, but re-enlisted in the aviation section and graduated from the school of military aeronautics, University of Texas, Feb. 16, 1918. His training in primary flying was received
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at Barron Field, Fort Worth, Texas. He qualified for military reserve aviator and was com- missioned second lieutenant July 17, 1918. During the following month he was located at the aviation concentration camp, C'amp Dick, Dallas, Texas; then be was ordered to Ellingtou Field, Ilouston, Texas, for advance training as bombing pilot, and was stationed there until dis- charged, Jan. 10, 1919.
Mays, Gilbert Henry (72), son of Charles and Emma Mays, was born in Miami Co., Nov. 25, 1896. He attended high school for nearly four years and then spent one year at Valparaiso University. Hle enlisted in the Q. M. C .. June 3, 1918, and was accepted as a typist and clerk at the personnel office, Fort Thomas, Ky .; three months later he went to Washington, D. C. After six weeks there he left for France with a gas and oil unit, and with this contingent he was placed on duty at Tours. He was advanced to private, first class.
Mays, W. IT.
McAdams, James Franklin, son of Mrs. Mary McAdams, enlisted in the army May 3, 1918. and was mustered in at Fort Thomas, Ky. He was ordered to Camp Forrest, Ga., and there promoted to corporal of Co. L, Fifty-first Infantry, Sixth Division. He saw active service on the western front.
McBride, Clande, son of James L. and Clara Il. Shelbourne McBride, was born at Freedom, Ind., May 10, 1896. Ilis wife is Eletha N. Reynolds McBride. Ilis military training covered a period of six months, beginning Aug. 30, 1918, when he entered the National Army at Ko- komo, Ind.
McBride, Orlie C.
McCain, George Knight (40), son of C. K. and Kate Hunt MeCain, was born in Kokomo, Ind., April 8, 1894. Ile enlisted in Co. E, Second Indiana Infantry, June 26, 1916, and was promoted to sergeant. For a time he served on the Mexican Border; then he was transferred to Co. L, Third U. S. Calvalry, Nov. 9, 1916, and was promoted to first-class private in the Regulars. Hle landed in France Nov. 3, 1917, and was stationed at Burbonne les Baines and Komorantum, France. After serving twenty months he returned home, reaching Boston June 30, 1919. He was sent to Camp Devens, Mass. He was released from active service at Fort Myer, Va., Sept. 11, 1919.
McCann, Frederick Hay (86), son of Frank and May Cobee MeCan, was born in Union Tp., Howard Co., Ind., May 16, 1897. His schooling extended through one year of high school. Ilis wife is Elizabeth Gentry MeCann. On Ang. 1, 1918, he went to Valparaiso, Ind., but on Ang. 13 be was transferred to Allentown, Pa., to the army school for mechanics. Although the armistice had been signed, he sailed Nov. 13, 1918, for Liverpool, and thence to France to a base hospital. Ile served as an ambulance driver in S. S. U. No. 618, Convoy Automobile Par. B. (. M., with the French Army for several months.
MeConnon (MeCarman), Robert Edward, received his training in the aviation section in San Antonio, Texas, after he enlisted and was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky. He was at- tached to the Eighty-third Construction Squadron until he went to France. While overseas be was a member of the 494th Aero Squadron.
McCarty, John E. MeCarly, John W.
McCarty, Paul B., son of E. L. and Frances Anderson MeCarty, was born at Tipton, Ind., July 4. 1800. He married Gladys Lucile Culp in Kokomo, Ind., and entered the army here Oct. 15, 1918. He was in the motor transport corps at Rolling Prairie, Ind., Winona Lake, and Indianapolis until his discharge. Dec. 11, 1918.
McClanahan, Frank, was the K. of C. Secretary at Fort Benjamin Harrison until the army was demobilized.
McClure, Robert Arthur (13), son of James Robert and Flena Jemima Saunders MeClure, was born in Vermillion Co., Ind., Sept. 5, IS86. In 1910 he married Zola Gale Norton. On May 5, 1917, he entered the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was commissioned first lieutenant Aug. 28, 1917. and sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, where he was assigned to Co. M, 335th Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division. He was an instructor in field fortification, bayonet and pistol drill; he was also at Camp Sherman; and at Camp Perry, Ohio, he had charge of fifty first and second lieutenants of his division while training in the small arms school. On Sept. 19, 1918, he arrived in England and font days later reached France. He was mustered out June 2, 1919.
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FRED GRANT
JESSE LINDLEY
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McColley, Harry Benton, was sent from Kokomo, Ind., to Camp Zachary Taylor March 29, 1918, and was discharged June 25, 1918, because of physical disability. lle was a member of the Eleventh Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade.
MeCool, Earl Clayton, son of G. C. and Nellie MeCool, was born at West Middleton, Ind., Dec. 27, 1899. After graduating from high school there he attended Indiana University. Ile enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., in April, 1918, and was stationed at the following camps: Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Fort Totten, N. Y., Fort Marro, Va., and Camp Eustis, Va. He was sent to France with Bat. (, Fiftieth Coast Artillery Corps, and remained there until January, 1919. Corporal MeCool was mustered ont Feb. 28, 1919.
MeCool, Glen Endicott, son of G. C. and Nellie MeCool, was born at West Middleton, Ind., Ind., Oct. 15, 1897. After completing his high school course he attended Purdue University one year. Ile enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, Ind., April 7, 1917, the day after America entered the war. While at Fort Benjamin Harrison he was promoted to corporal, but at Camp Shelby, Miss., he was advanced to top sergeant. On Sept. 14, 1918, he sailed for France with Co. C, 113th U. S. Engineers. Ile reached Kokomo again on June 28, 1918.
MeCoot, Guy Raymond, was born in Huntington, Ind., and at the age of twenty-eight Sears he entered the army. lle went to France in July, 1918, as wagoner of Bat. C, Seventieth Coast Artillery Corps. He returned in February and was mustered out at Camp Sherman, Ohio, March 12, 1919.
MeCool, James Victor (75), son of G. C, and Nellie MeCool, was born in Ervin Tp., Howard Co., Ind., May 19, 1895. In addition to his high school work he was a student at Indiana University two and one-half years. After he enlisted at Indianapolis, April 15, 1917, and was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was in training at the following camps: Fort Innt, Fort Washington and Camp Zachary Taylor. His service in France began in March, 1918, and as a radio operator he served in the St. Mihiel salient and the Mouse-Argonne drive with the Sixtieth Coast Artillery Corps. He was on the Meuse River when the armistice was signed. On Jan. 6, 1919, he landed in the I'nited States.
McCoy, Clande Wesley (40), son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McCoy, was born in Burlington, Ind., Jan. 29, 1896. He attended high school three years at New London, Ind. On Aug. 31, 1917, at Kokomo, Ind., be enlisted in the army and from Fort Thomas, Ky,, he was sent to Madison Barracks, N. Y., and then to France. He was attached to Supply Co. No. 301, Q. M. C. He was overseas for eighteen months, and after the armistice he was placed on detached ser- vice in order to attend Beaune University. Ile was discharged July 12, 1919.
McCoy, Everett Freemao, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. McCoy, was born at Sharpsville, Ind. He graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1907. After completing the law course at Indi- ana University, he began the practice of law in Indianapolis, and it was while there that he enlisted in the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was commissioned first lieutenant. He went to France with the Rainbow Division and participated in all of the battles in which the Forty-second Division was engaged except Soissons, and through it all he escaped injury. In April, 1919, he returned to the States and was mustered out at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
McCoy, Robert Dale.
McCoy, Walter William (73), son of Benjamin C. and Naney Alice Tatem McCoy, was boru in IToward Co., Ind., Aug. 18, 1888, After enlisting at Kokomo, Ind., he was sworn in at Fort Thomas, Ky., June 4, 1917, aud on June 9 he was assigned to the Twenty-third Cavalry, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga .; later he was sent to Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Calif .; then to Fort Sill, Okla., July 2, 1918; and November 2, 1918, he embarked from Camp Mills, L. I., for Brest, France. Ile returned to Camp Mills Jan. 8. 1919, and received his discharge at Camp Knox, Ky., Feb. 18, 1919.
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