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Poff, Benjamin Franklin (46), son of John and Ruth Anna Rodgers Poff, was born in Tipton Co., Ind., July I7. 1896. He graduated from the Kokomo High School in 19Is. Immediately after commencement he joined the navy at Kokomo, Ind., and was sent to the Great Lakes Station. At this time there were about forty thousand sailors in camp, and recruits were being received at the rate of about one thousand each day ; upon their arrival the boys were relieved of all chewing gumn, cigarettes and patent medicines and for three weeks they were subjected to very severe training. He was transferred to Hampton Roads, Va., and drilled in the mannal of arms and the art of making submarine nets: for six weeks he was also learning to be a fireman on the U. S. SS. "Iowa"; then on Sept. 50, 19IS, he left for Boston, Mass., and soon after went to Enrope. For ten months he was engaged in the transportation of foodstuffs to Germany and Russia.
Pool, Charles 11. (19). son of Mrs. Charles Martin, was born in Greentown. Ind., Inne I, 1892. When he entered the army at St. Louis, Mo., he was sent to Camp Funston, Kansas, a National Army camp: then he was transferred to Camp Kearney, Calif., where he was placed in Ambulance Co. No. 159, 115th Sanitary Train, Fortieth Division, and with this contingent he went to France. After the armistice he was ordered tu Camp Hospital No. 7. Inmes, Haute Marne, France.
Poole, Hershel A., was born Sept. 24, 1900. Ile joined the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., July 17, 1918, and was released from active service Feb, 29, IOI !.
Poole, Leslie Leland, was born June 12, 1896. Ile was in the S. A. T. C. from October to December, 191S.
Porter. Dallas Leroy (13).
Porath, Joseph Allen (93), son of Carl A. and Martha Caroline Johnston Porath, was born at Braddock, Pa., Feb. 3, 1898, He was a member of the S. A. T. C. in Ohio Northern Uni- versity, Ada, Ohio, from Oct. I to Dec. 21, 1918. Ile was sergeant of Co. B. R. O. T. C.
Powell, Beroard J. (66), son of T. R. and Flora B. Kirkpatrick Powell, was born in Rush Co., Ind., July 26, 1889. On April 3. 1918, he entrained at Kokomo, Ind., for Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Ile left the States July 15, 1918, and was on duty in France as wagoner with Bat. D. Seventieth Coast Artillery Corps. He came home on the "Manchuria," an army transport, and landed in New York Feb. 22, 1919. He was mustered out in March at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Powell, Claude Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Powell, was born in Vermillion Co., Ind., March 6, 1889. Ile had, in addition to two years in high school, a course in a technical college. In the late summer of 1918 he was sent from Kokomo, Ind., to the Chamber of Commerce Training Detachment No. 2, Indianapolis, Ind., and from there he was ordered to Bat. D. Twelfth Regiment, F. A. R. D., Camp Jackson, S. C. Ilis discharge was given at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 7. 1919.
Powell, Emery M. (48), son of Mrs. Elmira Powell, was born in Howard Co., Ind., in 1863. Ile has been in military training longer than any other Howard County soldier, for he has served fourteen years in the navy and fifteen years in the army. In 1918 he was stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station as second class chief machinist.
CLARENCE W. KENWORTHY
EMILE F. MARTIN
ERNEST B. ELKINS
DANIEL FINLEY ERWIN
CLARENCE Mc RENOLDS
JAMES E. TWEED
THOMAS J. CALHOUN
OLIVER DOWNS
CLAUDE CAMPBELL
GEORGE W. MILLER
GLEN JOHNSON
CHARLES CARNINE
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Powell, Fred Lyman (46), son of Lyman B. and Cornelia Woods Powell, was born in Jackson Tp., Howard Co., Ind., Aug. 17, 1896. Ou Aug. 26, 1918, he entered the army at Ko- komo. Ind., and was assigned to the motor transport corps, Valparaiso, Ind .; then he was transferred to the Chamber of Commerce at Indianapolis and discharged there in December, 191>.
Powers, Frank Patrick, was born July 4, 1893. On July 20, 1917, he enlisted in the aviation section of the army and was in training with the Seventy-third Aero Squadron.
Powers, Jerry Edward, son of Roger and Johanna Powers, was born Nov. 4, 1879, at Crawfordsville, Ind. He has a high school education. When he enlisted at Washington Bar- racks, D. C., April 19, 1917, he was ordered to Fort Slocum, N. Y., where as a recruit he was assigned to Co. K. Fifty-seventh Infantry. On June 1, 1917, this outfit was transferred to Leon Springs, Texas, for three months of intensive training. On September 15. he was ordered on special duty to the aviation fields near Fort Worth, Texas, which were then under con- struction, and were to be occupied by the Canadian Royal Flying Corps in October. On October 11 the regiment was sent to the Brownsville district on the Rio Grande, but the various units were soon scattered to the oil fields and ship yards because of disturbances by enemy sympa- thizers along the Gulf of Mexico. The United States Guards, an organization of former ser- vice men, not available for overseas duty, took their places in July, and the regiment was mobilized at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, and formed the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Brigade Infantry of the Fifteenth Division; then they were given further intensive training in order to go to France at the first call, but the signing of the armistice changed the war plans, and on Dec. 20, 1918, the Fifty-seventh Regiment was ordered to Camp Pike, Ark., for garrison duty. Sergeant Powers received his discharge April 18, 1919.
Powell, Harry.
l'rather, Alga William (67), enlisted in the Indiana State Militia June 4. 1917, and was on guard at the munition factories at East Chicago, Ind. Ile went to Hattiesburg, Miss., where he was in training for a year before going to France in October, 19IS, as cook in Co. E. 152nd Infantry, Thirty-eighth Division.
Prather, Harvey Lester (66), soo of Andrew and Mary Prather, was born in Howard Co., Ind., March 8. 1895. In .Inne, 1917, he enlisted in Co. E, of Kokomo, Ind., and was in the Calumet region of northern Indiana until ordered to Camp Shelby, Miss., where his company became a part of the 152nd Infantry when transferred to the federal service. Sergeant Prather sailed from an eastern port for France in October. 1918, and again reached the States May 21, 1919.
Price, John J., went to Camp Zachary Taylor March 20, 1918. He was stationed at LeMans, France.
Price. Watter. Proctor, Arthur, Prout, Ray. Pruitt, George.
Pruitt, Medford M., was born in Kokomo, Ind., and at the time of entering the army he was twenty-four years of age. He was a member of Co. A. Twenty-eighth Battalion, U. S. Guards. On Jan. 9, 1919, he was given his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Pnekett, Raymond,
Purcell, Adam Edward, son of Jacob L. and Annie Purcell, was born Oet. 18. 1893, at Cassville, Ind. On July 23, 1918, he went with a draft unit to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky,, and until October, 1918, he was taking intensive military training. He arrived in France shortly before the armistice was signed attached to the Second Regiment, F. A. R. D., Bat. A, Third Battalion. Ile remained in Europe until the spring of 1919.
Purcell, Harry Charles (50), son of Jacob L. and Annie Purcell, was born at Cassville, Ind., Oct. 21, 1895. From Sept. 21, 1917, to September, 1918, he was a member of the medical de- tachment. 325th F. A., Eighty-fourth Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .; he went overseas, but the armistice was signed soon after his arrival in France. On March 2, 1919, he returned to the States and was mustered out at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Purse, Ed F. Purvis, Harry Lee.
Pyke, Jesse Ellis (1), son of James D. and Cassie F. Pyke, was born in Tipton Co., Ind., June 25, 1:00. He was graduated from the high school at New London, Ind., in 1911, and from Purdue University in 1915. He was commissioned first lientenant at Fort Benjamin Harrison Nov. 27, 1917, and on Dec. 15, 1917, he reported at Camp Sherman, Ohio. After reach- ing France, he was transferred, Sept. 22, 1918, from the 308th Ammunition Train, 158th F. A., to the Thirty-second Division, then stationed near Souilly, and assigned to the staff of Gen-
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GLEN CONWAY
DON JOHNSON
CLEMENT ORIN JONES
WILBURT C. ORMSBY
JOHN SIGFRID ZETTERMAN
RALPH HOWARD FAULKNER
JAMES JOSIAH SPECK
JESSE EARL HARNER
EDWARD A. SHROCK
WILLIAM L. BURTCH
CLAUD G. SHIVELY
CLARENCE L. HILL
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eral Fleming. From Sept. 21 to Nov. 11, 1918, he was on the firing line in the Oise-Aisne and Meuse-Argonne offensives. On Nov. 17, 1918, he left Ecury, France, with the Army of Occupation, and marching through Luxemburg, arrived at Ringsdorf, Germany, where he was on duty several months. He came home in August and was mustered out of the army at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Aug. 25, 1919.
Purvis, Talmadge, was born at Sharpsville, Ind. At the age of twenty-nine years he en- tered the army and served at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., with the Eleventh Co., 159th Depot Brigade. His discharge was issued Dec. 4, 1918.
Quigley, Henry Frank (11), son of Thomas M. and Margaret E. Newitt Quigley, was born in Logansport, Ind., Sept. 30, 1888. He completed one year of high school. His entire period of service from Sept. 7 to Dec. 28, 1918, was spent in the office of the quartermaster at Fort Benjamin Harrison, where he was attached to Casual Co. M, 118th Engineers. While he was in the army he married Ruth Catherine Collins, of Kokomo, Ind.
Quinn, David.
Quinn, Wright, served as a landsman electrician radio, I. S. Naval Reserve Forces. He Was discharged at Great Lakes, Ill., May 27, 1918, because of physical disability.
Ragan, Arthur Edward (98), son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ragan, was born in Howard Co., Ind. He married Lena Etchison, In January, 1917, he enlisted in Co. E, of Kokomo, but he was transferred to Co. F, 128th lufantry. Corporal Ragan was sent to France and died there Oct. 11, 191s, from wounds received in action.
Rakestraw, Wilbert Vern (40), son of Henry B. and Linnie A. Rakestraw, was born at Sterling, Kansas, July 27, 1859. In 1800 he moved with his parents to Oakford, Ind. On Dec. 31, 1907, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, and after a service of four years, he was honorably discharged. When the first O. T. C. was established, he immediately began training, and in August he was commissioned first lieutenant. As a member of the 335th Infantry, Eighty- fourth Division, he was on duty at Camp Zachary Taylor, Camp Sherman, Ohio, and at Camp Mills, L. I. Just before leaving for France, be was advanced to captain. On Sept. 19, 19IS, he arrived at the port of Havre, France, and with his company left for southern France for three months of intensive training: then his company of two hundred and fifty men and six officers was scattered among other regiments, and he was assigned captain of Co. F. 113th Infantry, on Sept. 25, 1918. On March 10. 1919, he was placed on detached service_at the University of Beaune, France, where for three months he was in attendance at this in- stitution conducted by the government.
Ramseyer, Paul, was born at Forest, Ind. Ile joined the S. A. T. C. at Indiana University when he was nineteen years old and served from October to December, 191s.
. Rammell, Amos J. (44), son of William and Ella Rammell, was born May 18, 1900. He completed two years of high school. Shortly after his enlistment in the navy at Indianapolis, ind., Jan. 14, 1918, he was called to active duty. From Mareb 20 to June 18 he was at the Great Lakes Station; then he was called in a draft for transport service on the "Northern Pacific," one of the largest and swiftest boats used in carrying troops to France. He made eight trips to Europe and one trip to Cuba before he was discharged in the summer of 1919, On his final trip from France, with port almost in sight, traveling at a good rate of speed, and with lights all off, the ship struck a sand bar off the coast of Long Island; there, for eighteen days and nights tugs from New York and the crew worked constantly to loosen the boat, for she had buried berself in sixteen feet of sand. Finally she was towed into port, but it took three months of repairs in the dry dock, and one month in the river to replace the engines that had filled with sand, before she was in condition to make a trial trip to Cuba.
Randall, James (65), son of Mr. and Mrs. William Randall, was accepted for service in the army three times, but each time he was disqualified. Finally, he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, and there on July 23, 1918, he became a member of the Fourth Co., I. N. T. R., 159th Depot Brigade. lle was discharged Jan, 24, 1919.
Rarey, Major W.
Ratcliffe, Owen Russell (39), son of Marion L. and Eliza J. Ratcliffe, was born at Russia- ville, Ind., Sept. 11, ISOG. After graduating from high school, he attended business college three months. On June 3, 1918, be enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind .; the following four months were spent at the Great Lakes Training Station attached to Co. E, Eleventh Regi- ment, Main Station; later he attended the gunner mates school, assigned to Co. B, Eleventh Regiment; then he transferred to the radio school and his last training was received at the armed guard school. On Feb. 11, 1919, He received his discharge at Great Lakes, 111.
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Ratcliffe, Robert MeClellan (73). son of William and Melissa Hodson Radcliffe, was born at Russiaville, Ind. In August, 1917, he enlisted in the army at Fort Wayne, Ind. After re- ceiving his military instruction at Kelly Field and Camp Zachary Taylor, he went to France where he was attached to Detachment No. 2, Signal Corps, A. S P. C.
Ransh, Roy E.
Rawlings, Dale Henry (G7), son of James 11. and Belle Mcintosh Rawlings, was born Dec. 23, 1894, at Windsor, Ill, He attended school at Mattoon, Ill. In November, 1917. he was sent from Kokomo, Ind., to Camp Custer, Mich., and assigned to the 310th Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop. In August, 1918, he left for France with the Eighty-fifth Division and was lo- cated at Dunkirk and later at Mehun. On April 21, 1919, he arrived in New York and was discharged April 30, 1919.
Rawlings, Russell.
Rayle, Emil C. (95), son of Joseph B. and Mary Goodnight Rayl, was born at Sharpsville, Ind .. Ang. 1, 1894. He completed his college work in April, 1916. and on June 15, 1917. he enlisted in the medical corps at Indianapolis, Ind. At Camp Greenleaf, Chickamauga Park, Ga .. he was placed in the Fourth Battalion, Twenty-seventh Co., and commissioned second lieu- tenant in the veterinary corps. For eleven months he was on duty in France. He returned to the States in June, 1919, and was discharged July 16. 1919.
Rayl, Frederick Willard, son of James C. and Florence Rayl, left Kokomo, Ind., July 23, 1918, for Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .; later he was assigned to the Wagon Co., Twelfth Ammuni- tion Train, Camp MeClellan, Ala. His discharge was issued at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .. Feb. 7. 1919.
Rayl, Walter .A., was born at Sharpsville, Ind. When twenty-three years of age he en- listed in the medical corps and was assigned to the 223rd Ambulance Co. His discharge was granted at Camp Sheridan, Ala., Jan. 11, 1919.
Recobs, Roland, was born at Tipton, Ind. His age at entering the army was twenty- nine years. Ile served in Bat. A, Second Regiment, F. A. R. D., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. His discharge was dated Dec. 11, 191%.
Reardon, John M., was born in Hoosick Falls, N. Y. Ile enlisted in the army when he was thirty-seven years old. His last assignment was with the 170th Aero Squadron. His dis- charge was issued at Mitchell Field, L. I., June 25, 1919.
Record, John L. (52), son of Grant and Ellen Record, was born in Kokomo, Ind., June 11, 1895. On May 28, 1918, he enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., and received his training at the Naval Training School, Dearborn, Mich.
Redding, Charles D. Redfern, George Orville. Redmon, Roy, Reed, Alvin HI, Reed, Austin. Reed, Carey E.
Reed, Calvin W. (S), son of Augustus E. and Lucy B. Reed, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Ang. 27, 1896. As a mechanical draftsman in aviation, he enlisted at Kokomo, Ind .. Dec. 4. 1917, and after ten days at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was sent to Kelly Field No, 2, San Antonio, Texas, where for one month he was on drill and fatigue duty; the next two months were spent at Camp McArthur, Texas, With the 37Sth Squadron he entrained for Garden City, L. l., and twenty days later sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the "Corsican" for England, where for nine months he was an inspector, machinist and flier. The last four months of the war he was rigger sergeant over a flight of nine aero scout machines. The return trip to the United States was made in December, 1918, and on Jan. 5, 1919, he was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio. On Feb. 4. 1919, he married Kathryn Nixon of Winchester, Ohio.
Reed, Edgar Franklin (54), son of William and Jane Reed, was born in Howard Co., Ind., May 19, 18SS. Ilis service in the United States Army began in September, 1917. He was seriously wounded in battle on the afternoon of Oct. 30, 1918, and died at the Mobile Hospital. Nov. 1, 1918, His body lies buried in the U. S. Cemetery No. 673. Grave No. 35, Esnes, France, and the Distinguished Service Cross which was awarded him was sent to his mother. Corporal Reed of Co. E. Sixty-first Infantry, had been recommended for second lieutenant shortly before he was wounded. On Oct. 29, 1918, he was sent with twenty-five picked men from his battalion to hold the town of Ainceville, France, about three miles west of Dun on the Mense. At the time he was sent on this perilous expedition he was suffering from a deep and painful burn on his knee from mustard gas. It was very difficult for him to walk, but he never complained and went willingly to his duty. Even after he was wounded, and at his
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own request, he was carried to a corner of the building where he was stationed and there, on a stretcher, he continued to shoot until dark, when it was safe to be taken to a hospital.
Reed, Fern Leon (55), son of William and Bertha Reed, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 23, 1895. On Ang. 22, 1918, he entered the army at Frankfort, Ind. Corporal Reed went over- seas with Co. D), 509th Pioneer Infantry. He had been discharged from the Regular Army in 1913.
Reed, John Edward (52), son of Charles E. and Sophia R. Reed, was born at New London, Ind., Feb. 7/ 1894. On April 26, 1918, he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., where he received his military training. He embarked from Camp Stuart, Va., for overseas with Co. A. 317th Q. M. Labor Battalion. lle returned to the States and was discharged from the service in July, 1919.
Reed, Ross, was born at Russiaville, Ind. He was twenty-three years of age when he was assigned to the Second Co., First Development Battalion. On Jan. 4, 1919, his discharge was issued to him at Camp Greene, N. C.
Reider, Ralph Benjamin, sou of Peter and Hannah Reider, was born at Colorado Springs, Colo., April 6. 1894. lle enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., March 29, 1918, and was attached to the base hospital, Camp Shelby, Miss., until his discharge in April, 1919.
Renbarger, Frank M. (82), son of John and Mary Renbarger, was born Nov. 23, 1885, in Wabash Co., Ind. Ilis wife is Pearl M. Renbarger. Enlisting at Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 16, 1918, he was sworn in at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, Feb. 18. 1918. Ten days later he was sent to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C .; one month later he was transferred to the issue and sales branch Q. M. C., Washington, D. C. Corporal Renbarger returned to his home at Greentown, Ind., after receiving his discharge Jan. 24, 1919. .
Reeder, Albert C., was born at Windfall, Ind. He was twenty-four years of age at the time of entering the army. He went to France with the 127th Casual Co. Upon his return to the States, he was sent From Camp Merritt, N. J., to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and on Feb. 14, 1919, he received his discharge.
Rennier, William, enlisted in Kokomo, and after training for a year at Camp Shelby, Miss., sailed for France in October, 1918, with Co. E, 152nd Infantry.
Rennaker, William, was born March 2, 1800. After joining the United States Marines, Nov. 22, 1916, at Indianapolis, Ind., he served until Sept. 18, 1918.
Reser, Frank L., was born in Indiana. lle was attached to Co. M of the demobilization detachment at Camp Custer, Mich., at the time of his discharge, Dee. 26. 1918. llis age was given as twenty-six years.
Retter, Harry.
Rexront, Herschel, enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., Oet. 5, 1917. Ile served for a time at Camp Shelby, Miss,, but previous to returning to Kokomo he was at the United States Disciplinary Barracks.
Rexroat, Milton.
Rexroat, William Hardin, was sent out from Kokomo in the selective service draft Feb. 26, 1918, and after a period of training at Camp Zachary Taylor, he was transferred to the base hospital, Camp Sheridan, Ala.
Reynolds, Chester. son of William F. and Anna E. Staton Reynolds, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 17, 1896. On Oct. 16. 1917, he enlisted at Toledo, Ohio, and at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, he was assigned to the air service at Kelly Field, Texas. With the Sixty-third Squad- ron, he embarked from Newport News, Va., Jan. 12, 1918, and arrived in Brest, France, Feb. 5, 1918. Returning to the States from Liverpool, England, he reached Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1918, and was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Dec. 29, 1918.
Rhodes, Charles.
Rhodes, Glenn, was a member of the Fourth Co., First Regiment, 159th Depot Brigade, and was discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor July 29, 1918, because of physical disability.
Rhoads, Harry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rhoads, went to France with the famous First Division in the summer of 1917. lle returned home in September, 1919.
EDGAR M. HARVEY
PASQUALE ANGELLO
RUFUS HOWARD CURRENS
REX GARRITSON
RUSSELL M. MANRING
WAYNE T. JOHNSON
RALPH RYAN CARMICHEL
CHARLES F. JOHNSON
HENRY E. HOOVER
DONALD M. OGBORN
FRED CONWELL
EARL ERNEST McDONALD
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Rhoads, Harold, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rhoads, served in the Twelfth F. A., Second Division. He was on duty in France and Germany for nearly two years. He returned to the States in August, 1919.
Rhoads, William, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rhoads, enlisted in the navy, and his period of service will expire in 1921.
Rice, Harley Roach (53), son of William C. and Daisy F. Rice, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., Ang. 20, 1895. When he enlisted in the army, July 24, 1917, be was assigned to duty In the postoffice at Fort Oglethorpe. Ga., where be was attached to the medical corps.
Rice, Itaven Earl (41), son of William and Daisy F. Rice, was born in Montgomery Co., Ind., Jan. 28, 1898. In August, 1918, be enlisted in the army and was sent from Kokomo to the cantonment at Lonisville, and there assigned to Bat. C. F. A. R. D., with an appoint- ment as cook.
Richards, Curtis DeWitt, son of W. E. and Martha J. Grishaw Richards, was born near Sharpsville, Ind., June 17, 1892. In 1913 he graduated from the Kokomo Iligh School. He attended Northwestern University two years and Columbia University one year. He married Jnva Covalt. On May 15, 1917, he enlisted at New York City and was commissioned second lieutenant at Plattsburg, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1917. Ilis first assignment was at Leon Springs, Texas; on Jan. 1, 1918, he was ordered to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, but on April 15. 1918, he was changed to the air service aeronautics and sent to the school for adjutants, Colum- bus, Ohlo; on June 29, 1918, he was transferred to Call Field, Wichita Falls, and appointed assistant adjutant of the post. Ilis discharge was issued Jan. 23, 1919.
Richer, Philip.
Ridenour, Bart, was born in I'nion Co., Tenn. Hle was twenty-one years of age at the time of his entrance into the army. For a time he served as a first class private in the 280th Aero Squadron, Garden City, L. I .. but his discharge was granted at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Jan. 26. 1919. He was a member of the Second Co., First Battalion, 158th Depot Brigade.
Ridenonr. Bruce, son of Francis and Anna Ridenour, was born Feb. 6, 1896. Ilis wife 1s Jennie' Ridenour. He left Kokomo, Ind., in the third draft quota, Oct. 5. 1917; later he was transferred from Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., to Camp Shelby, Miss.
Ridenour, David Ross.
Ridenour, Edd, son of Francis and Anna Ridenour, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., Feb. 4. 1895. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., March 29, 1918. He went overseas with Co. E, 111th Regiment, Twenty-eighth Division. On Ang. 12. 19IS, be was gassed at Chateau Thierry. Upon his return to the States, he was mustered out of the amy at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Feb. 15, 1919.
Ridenour. Evereit.
Riggs, Curtis Carl, was born May IS, 1891. He enlisted at Fort Wayne, Ind., May 8, 1917, and was discharged Feb. 27, 1919. at Fort Bliss, Texas. He was a member of the Ilead- quarters Co., Eighty-second Regiment, Fifteenth Division.
Riggs, Dillie. was born Aug. 29, 1892. On Aug. 29, 1918, he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., where he was assigned to the 103rd Co., Transportation Corps.
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