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Bagwell, Gary Falsom, son of John William and Sara Ellen Carr Bagwell, was born near Greentown, Ind., July 4, 1882. He attended high school at Greentown one year. He was seot in the draft of Aug. 25, 1918, to Purdue University, and was transferred from that training school Det. 27, 1918, to the ordnance section at Camp Hancock, Ga .; then on Dec. 22 he was sent to Port Clinton, Ohio, and assigned to Co. D), Erie Proving Grounds, and for a time before his dis- charge, July 31, 1919. he served in the military police.
Bagwell, William Merrill (59), son of Milton A. and Dora Bagwell, was born in Jackson Tp., Howard Co., Ind. He entered the service Oct. 15, 1918, when he was sent to Winona Lake. Ind., where he was assigned to Co. D. S. A. T. C. On Nov. 23. 1918, he was transferred to the Chamber of Commerce Detachment, Indianapolis, Ind., and discharged Dec. 17, 1918.
Bahr, Sherman, son of Mrs. Emma Bahr, entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., June 15, 1918. Ile was first sent to the Chamber of Commerce Training Detachment No. 2. Indianapolis, Ind. ; later he was transferred to Detroit, Mich., and attached to Co. F, Ninth Supply Train.
Bailey, Edwin A., was boru at St. Albans, Vt. He was twenty years of age when he enlisted in the aviation branch of the army. At the time of his discharge, March 30, 1919, he was on duty at Waco, Texas.
Bailey, Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, served in the army on the Panama Canal. He received his discharge in March, 1919.
Bair, Edward N,, was in the army one day. lle was inducted into the service Nov. 11. 1918, but while he was on his way to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., he was stopped at Indianapolis, Ind., and given his discharge Nov. 12, 1918.
Baird, Byron B., son of Oscar S. and Ella Dennison Baird, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., Oct. 22, 159S. Ile completed two years of high school work. When he enlisted in the army at Monticello, Ind., he was assigned to Co. C, Third Indiana Infantry. Fort Benjamin Harrison ; additional training was received at Camp Shelby, Miss., where he was a member of Bat. C, 137th F. A. Ile left Camp Mills. L. 1., Oct. 6, 1918, and after being in England and France for two months, he was returned to the States, and received his discharge at Camp Sherman. Ohio, Jan. 17, 1919.
Baird, Oscar S., Jr., son of Oscar S. and Ella Dennison Baird, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., Aug. 14, 1896. He attended high school for two years. After enlisting in the army at Monti- cello, Ind., he was assigned to Co. C, Third Indiana Infantry, Fort Benjamin Harrison. After going to Camp Shelby, Miss., he was placed in Bat. C, 137th F. A. He sailed from Camp Mills, L. I., Oct. 6, 1918, and spent two months in England and France. llis discharge was given Jan. 17, 1919. He and his brother were together during their entire period of service.
Baker, Quilly, son of Robert and Harriet Norman Baker, was born in DeKalb Co., Tenn. When he entered the army .Inly 26, 1918, at Kokomo. Ind .. he was sent to Camp Custer. Mich., where he was attached to the Third Provisional Company Detachment. At the time of his dis- charge Dec. 23, 1918, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., he was a member of the Thirteenth Co., 150th Depot Brigade.
Baker, Ross E. (82), son of Henry and Mary II. Collicott Baker, was born in Liberty Tp., Howard Co., Ind., June 25, 1897. His wife is Mary Ford Baker. Upon enlisting in the army at Kokomo, Ind., in September, 1917, he was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky,, and from there to Camp Devens, Ayer, Mass., where he was on duty as mess sergeant until the summer of 1919.
Baker, Samuel Lynn (72), son of Daniel W. (deceased) and Frances M. Baker, was born Aug. 31, 1800, in Livingston Co., Ill. He entered the army April 3, 1918, and was sent with others who were leaving that day for Fort Hamilton, N. Y., where he was assigned to the Forty- eighth Co., Twelfth Battalion, 153rd Depot Brigade. Ile was furloughed for farm work.
CHARLES WINDOFFER
HOWARD M& REYNOLDS
ALLEN HUNTER
JOHN MISTLER, JR.
OLIVER BURTON
EDGAR H. SUTER
ELLIOTT TREES
HAROLD FREELAND
IRVING B. SWEIGART
NORVIN PAUL MCKAY
OTHO J. DELON
JAMES L. DUKE
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Baldwin, Lawrence Lee (56), son of Francis M. and Harriet A. Baldwin, was born in Warren Co., Ind., in 1886. His army training began in April, 1918, and after a brief period, he was sent overseas, and did not return until March 24, 1919.
Ballinger, James William, who lives on a farm near Greentown, Ind., was born at Hamlet, Stark Co., Ind., Jan. 4, 1893. He entered the army April 26, 1918, and after being in the service for one year at Camp Zachary Taylor. was discharged April 30, 1919.
Ballenger, Ralph A., was born at Sharpsville, Jod. Ile was twenty-four years of age when he went to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. As a member of Bat. C, 325th F. A., he was dis- charged Feb. 13, 1919.
Bannon, Freeman R. (8), son of Samuel P. and Sarah Emily Campbell Bannon, was born at Wallace, Ind., Oct. 28, 1887. He graduated from the district schools in 1901, the Friends Academy, Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1905, and from Indiana University in 1911. On June 5, 1915, he was married to Nellie Fairfield Gregory. Dr. Bannon enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., July 17, 1917. and was on active duty at Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., from Nov. 3, 1917, to March 9, 1918, when he was discharged on account of physical disability after an attack of pneumonia. He had been commissioned first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps.
Banta, James Parker, son of William II. (deceased) and Mary E. Parker Banta, was born April 11, 1897, in Rochester, Ind. His education was obtained in the schools at Springdale, Ark., where he graduated from high school. lle attended Ames College, Jowa, for one year. On Oct. 21, 1917, he enlisted in the navy at Kokomo, Ind., going first to the Great Lakes Naval Training School at Great Lakes, Ill., for three months; then for eleven months he was stationed on the U. S. SS. "Virginia"; four months were spent in convoying ships to Europe. Ilis dis- charge was granted at the Great Lakes Station, Feb. 6, 1919, with the rating of gun captain.
Barker. Clyde. Barker, Frank,
Barker, Paul Robert (91), son of E. Ellsworth and Clara E. Stanbrough Barker, was born near Eagletown, Hamilton Co., Ind., March 26, 1901. In 1915 he finished the common schools with the highest grade in the county, and was in his junior year in high school when he enlisted in the army, and was assigned to the Thirteenth Co., General Service Infantry at Fort Thomas, Ky. 1Je was at once made a clerk to Sergeant Gladstone, and later appointed orderly to Captain Jacobs.
Barker, Roy Graffon (41), son of William E. and Cora Barker, was born at Atlanta, Ind., Aug. 20, 1895. Ile attended high school for two years. When the troops left Kokomo, Ind .. for Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Sept. 21, 1917, he was assigned to Bat. D, 325th F. A., and on June 15, 1918, was transferred to the artillery range at West Point, Ky., where he was given intensive training until late in August. On Sept. 9, 1918, he sailed from an American port, and reached France after going to Glascow, Scotland and Sonthampton, England. He left Bordeaux, France, Feb. 2, 1919, and was mustered out of the service at Camp Sherman. Ohio, with the rank of sergeant. In November, 1919, he married Ruth Aikman.
Barkley, James W.
Barlow, George William (29), son of Cornelins M. (deceased) and Hattie B. Free Barlow, was boru in Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 7, 1894. After graduating from the Kokomo High School in 1912, he spent two years at Purdue University, one year at the University of Wisconsin, and one summer term at Culver Military Academy. While in the army he married Sallie Satterwhite of Louisville, Ky. Before enlisting in the medical corps at Kokomo, Ind., he spent three weeks at the Culver Training School for officers ; then he gained admission to the O. T. C. at Fort Benja- min Harrison, May 12, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant on August 15, 1917. August 29, following, he reported at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. Fourteen months later he was transferred to Camp Beauregard, La., and after one month there, he was sent to Camp McArthur, Texas. While there he was administrative officer and instructor in the (. O. T. S. He was discharged Jan. 11, 1919.
Barman, Henry J.
Barnard, Paul Macy (21), son of Otis and May Whiteman Barnard, was horn at Bring- hurst, Carroll Co., Ind., Aug. 22, 1895. He graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1915. On April 23, 1917, he enlisted in the army at Fort Wayne, Ind., and was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky., where he remained two weeks before going to Fort Ethan Allen, Vt. In October Bugler Barnard was transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss., and three weeks later was sent to Camp Greene, N. C. In May, 1918, he left for France as a member of Bat. C, Seventy-seventh Regiment, F. A. The principal battle line in which he saw service was the Meuse-Argonne offensive. After the signing of the armistice he was located twenty-five miles from Coblenz, Germany. where he remained during
CHARLES J. ADAMS
IVAN DALE WATSON
GEORGE D. MARSHALL
D. LAWRENCE BOCK
ROY W.AIKMAN
JAMES C PATTEN
HARVEY HART
ALPHONSO PASSAFUME
WILLIAM BROWN
VIRGIL L.SMITH
JOHN KENWORTHY
CLYDE CAMPBELL
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the winter and summer following. After a service of more than two years, he returned home in .August, 1919.
Barnard, Ralph (96), enlisted in the navy and served at the Great Lakes Training Station.
Barnard, Walter Wry (96), entered the army in October, 1917, when he was sent from Kokomo to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He was promoted to corporal in the 325th F. A. before volunteering to go to France in the tank corps. He arrived in England April 6, 1918, and after four months of hard training, he was sent into action on the Hindenburg Line Sept. 29, 1918. lle was wounded and taken prisoner with five of his comrades, but was released soon after the armistice was signed. lle returned to the States in March, and was discharged at Camp Sherman, Obio, April 10, 1919.
Barnes, Creston Wilson (6), son of John W. and Wyoma Brandon Barnes, was born in Rich- mond, Ind., June 28, 1897. After graduating from the Kokomo High School in 1915, he spent two years at the Washington State University at Seattle, and the following year be attended Indiana University. On Aug. 15, 1918, at Indianapolis, Ind., he enlisted in the aviation department of the navy and was sent to Great Lakes, Ill., for training. He received the rating of first class ma- chinists' mate, aviation, Dec. 8, 1918, and was discharged Dec. 28, 1918.
Barnes, George Ralph, son of Charles and Ellen Barnes, was born May 10, 1894. lle en- listed in the army Oct. 5. 1917, and was a member of Co. \, Seventy-seventh Division. This di- vision is said to have made the greatest advance in the face of the enemy.
Barnes, Harry R.
Barnes, Hobart (89), son of Abe and Mattie Barnes, was born Oct. 3, 1896, in Princeton, Ind. Upon entering the army he was assigned to the 163rd Depot Brigade, Co. No. 70, Camp Dodge. Iowa; later he was transferred to Co. E, 809th Pioneer Infantry, and served as orderly to his company commander.
Barnes, Ray.
Barnett, Benjamin Kinsey (74), son of John F. and Margaret Vance Barnett, was born at Onward, Ind. Ilis wife is Minnie E. Rhode Barnett. Although he did not go overseas, he trav- eled over 10,000 miles in the United States going to various camps. Ile was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky., when he enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., and his additional assignments were: Kelley Field, Texas ; Indianapolis, Ind .; Kelly Field, a second time; Chanute Field, Ill .; and Camp Grant, Ill. Ile served in the aviation department in the following capacities: cook, baker, maintenance electri- cian, clerk, barracks sergeant, and for a while was in the prest-o-lite school in Indianapolis. llis discharge was given at Camp Grant, Ill., Dec. 16, 1918.
Barnett, Ernest Leroy, son of David L. and Lida May Barnett, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 31, 1894. Ile enlisted in the army Oct. 9, 1917. and after being at Camp Zachary Taylor a short time, he was discharged because of physical disability. Six months of medical at- tention and an operation made it possible for him to re-enter the service, and after reaching Camp Sherman, Ohio, he was assigned to Co. E, 333rd Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division, which went to France in the late summer of 1918. He returned to the States and received his discharge July 17, 1919, at Camp Zachary Taylor. He had been on the Toul, Mense-Argonne and Flanders fronts.
Barnett, Floyd W. (72), son of Irwin and Alice Goodnight Barnett, was born in Clinton Co., Ind .. Sept. 25, 1×94. He enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., May 8, 1917, and his assignments were as follows : Fort Thomas, Ky., May >, June 21, 1917: San Antonio, Texas, June 21, 1917, 10 Feb. 2, 1918: Waco, Texas; Brooklyn, N. Y., two weeks; Sergeant Barnett belonged to the medical corps of the Twenty-first F. A., Fifth Division. In the Army of Occupation, he was billeted at Dudelangs, Luxemburg. In August, 1919 he returned to Kokomo, Ind.
Barnett, James.
Barnett, Thomas Wiley (21), son of Clem and Sallie Barnett, was born in Coner Valley, Ky., May 3, 1896. On July 14, 1918, he enlisted in the army, and on Nov. 21, 1918, his wife, Florence Marie Barnett, died, leaving a little nine months' old daughter. At this time he was stationed at Camp Meade, Md .. with Co. L, Seventeenth Infantry, llis discharge was dated Jan. 24, 1919.
Barngrover, Robert S. (2), son of David P. and Vernie Barngrover, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 30, 1899. In 1917 he graduated from high school, and in the fall he began a course in chemical engineering at Purdue University. When the S. A. T. C. opened at Purdue University
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in October, 1918, he took this work in addition to his regular college course. He was discharged December 19, 1918.
Barron, Everett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Barron, was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., as a member of the Q. M. C., Utilities Detachment, Construction Division.
Barry, William, was born at Malta, Ind. Ile enlisted in the army at the age of twenty- two years, and served as a first class private in the 150th Ambulance Co., 113th Sanitary Train, Camp Shelby, Miss. Ou Dec. 21, 1917, he was discharged because of physical disability.
Batdorff, Robert W., was born at Noblesville, Ind., Jan. 28, 1897. On April 7, 1917, he enlisted, and on Aug. 5, 1917, was called to the 150th Field Hospital, and stationed at Camp Shelby, Miss. His foreign service was at Winchester. England; Lallarve, Nantes and Tonl, France. His discharge was received at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., May 22, 1919.
Batey, Wittiam A., son of William T. and Mary E. Batey, was born in Kokomo, Ind., April 5, 1897. After completing the second year of high school, he was married to Mary Jessup. On Nov. 15, 1917. he enlisted at Kokomo. Ind .. and was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky .; from there he was sent to Camp Sherman. Ohio, where he served his entire period of enlistment with Remount Depot No. 318.
Bauer, Noel (2), son of John F. and Mary C. Pearch Baner, was born near Hemlock, Ind., Dec. 29, 1898. After graduating from high school in 1916, he enlisted in the S. A. T. C. at Franklin College, Oct. 1, 1918, and was discharged Dec. 21, 1918.
Bangher, Pearl Otto (64), son of Allen (deceased) and Melissa Bangher, was born at New London, Ind., Ang. 22, 1891. When he enlisted in the army, he was assigned to Co. B, 116th Engineers. While with the Army of Occupation, he was attached to the headquarters company of the First U. S. Engineers, located at Wirges, Germany.
Banghman, William F., was born in Harrod, Ohio. He was mnstered out at Camp Sher- man, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1018, at the age of twenty-six years. Ile belonged to the Sixth Co., Second Battalion, 158th Depot Brigade.
Baven, Harry E. Baxter, Chartes Willet. Bayne, Hobart.
Beaird, Leo Atten (38), son of Fred and Stella Beaird, was born March 14, 1898, in Roscoe, St. Clair Co., Mo. On Oct. 17, 1917, he enlisted in the aviation service at Kokomo, Ind., and after reporting at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was ordered to San Antonio, Texas. Five weeks later he was sent to the gun works at Springfield. Mass., and when this course was completed he returned to San Antonio to be an instructor at Kelly Field, Texas. In Jaunary. 1918, he arrived at England, and remained there until September with the Forty-third Aero Squadron. After going to France, he was placed in the Forty-first Aero Squadron. He arrived at Newport News, Va., June 25, 1917, and on July 9, 1919, he was discharged.
Beall, Herbert Sundertand (84), son of Frank HI. and Carrie M. Beall. was born at Gal- veston, Ind., May 8, 1899. Ou Oct. 15. 1918, he enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., and was sent to Paris Island, S. C., where he was on duty with the United States Marines. Ou Dec. 23, 1918, he was transferred to Charleston, S. C., for guard duty at the depot of supplies. Sergeant Beall was still in Charleston in August, 1919.
Beats, Jesse F., son of Oliver C. and Delphina Mendenhall Beals, was born at New London, Ind .. Nov. 25, 1886. In 1902 he graduated from the high school at New London, and in 1916 he received his degree at Earlham College. Ou March 22, 1918, at Richmond. Ind., he enlisted and served in the general repair depot, Speedway, Indianapolis, Ind. Sergeant Beals received his dis- charge from the U. S. Air Service, Dec. 28, 1918.
Beane, Glen Dale (30), son of James HI. and Ora May Beane, was born in Leesburg, Ind., Dec. 13, 1895. As soon as war was declared he enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., in the coast artillery. On April 12, 1917, he was accepted at Columbus, Ohio, and ordered to report at Fort Consti- tution, N. H. After preparing for overseas service, he was promoted to corporal, and then to sergeant in the Fourth Co., Coast Artillery Corps, and retained at the fort as drill instructor until June, 1918. A transfer was made to the Fourth Anti-aircraft Battalion just being formed at Camp Eustis, Va. In October, 1918, this outfit sailed for France, and upon its arrival there it was ordered to Fort Morency in the defense of Paris. The men were equipped with the French seventy- five M. M. auto mount anti-aircraft guns, and renamed the Fourth A. A. Sector. He came home on the U. S. transport "Seattle," which left Brest Dec. 31, 1918. The contingent was demobilized at Fort Totten, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1919, and he was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1919.
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Beard, Carl Thomas (85), son of Isaac W. and Armilliera Edwards Beard of Sheridan, Ind., attended high school three years, and then came to Kokomo, Ind., where he was employed at the time of the first registration June 5. 1917. Ile entered the army Oct. 15, 1918, and was sent to Co. A, Winona Lake, for military training. Ile was discharged at Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 17. 1918.
Beatty, William Berry. Beatty, Wilford Marion.
Berhenholdt, Harry Isadore (63), was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind .. Sept. 4, 1891. He graduated from the high school there, and then received a diploma from the Cincinnati School of Pharmacy. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., April 24, 1918, and was sent to Purdue Uni- versity, before going to Camp Mills, L. 1., for embarkation overseas June 30, 1918, with Bat. B. 344th F. A., Nineteenth Division. Corporal Bechenholdt was chosen with eight others from his regiment for a special college course at Beaune I'niversity, France. Leaving Bordeaux he went with the Army of Occupation to the Rhine, when the armistice went into effect, and returned to the States in June, 1919.
Berk, George Henry, was boru at Tipton, Ind. Ile was eighteen years oldl at the time he served in the S. A. T. C. at Wabash College, October-December, 1918.
Beck, Norman Frederick (18), son of J. Z. and Margaret Beck, was born in Peru, Ind., Nov. 22, 1895. He graduated from the Kekomo Iligh School in 1917, and entered the army Sept. 21, the same year. Ilis assignments were. Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Sevier, S. C., where he was a corporal in Bat. 1, 113th F. A., Thirtieth Division. Ile served in England and France from May 26, 1918, to March 19, 1919, taking part in the offensives on the Toul sector, Aug. 27 to Sept. 11; Woever, Sept. 12 to 14; the offensive at St. Mihiel, Sept. 26 to Oct. S; Woever, Oct. 9 to Nov. 11. Ile was slightly gassed on Nov. 6, 1918. He returned to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., to be demobilized April 11, 1919, and was discharged there.
Beckom, Fred H. (33), son of John M. and Josie Beckom, was born in Cass Co., Ind., Sept. 14. 1894. Ile enlisted in the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1915, and Jan. 9, 1916, he was assigned to the Fifty-eighth ( Mining, Co., C. A. C. Ilis promotions were to corporal, July 7, 1916 ; sergeant, June 5, 1917 ; and first sergeant. Third company, Chesapeake Bay, Sept. 27, 1918. On Oct. 1. 1918, he was given his original rank and transferred to the Forty-first Artillery, C. A. C., which was being organized from the coast defenses of Chesapeake Bay for overseas service. After he was attached to Bat. C, he was promoted to first sergeant. When the armistice was signed this organization was disbanded, and he was again placed in the Third Co., as first sergeant. lle was married at Newport News, Va., May 6, 1919, to Elizabeth Kernel, of Indianapolis, Ind. Ilis discharge was given Dec. 20, 1919.
Beechy, Wilbert W. (31), son of Samuel W. and Lillian Beechy. was born Sept. 27, 1897, at Waupecong, Ind. Ile enlisted in the aviation branch of the army at Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 22, 1917, and was sent to France, where he saw several months of active service as a member of the Ninth Balloon Squadron. lle landed at Newport News, Va., May 6, 1919, and was discharged a few days later.
Beerhing, Charles Gill, son of Alfred (deceased) and Henrietta Mahin Beeching, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1898. Ile was a member of the S. A. T. C. at the University of Wis- consin from Oct. 18, 1918, to Dec. 14, 1918, when he returned to Kokomo. Ind.
Bell, Martin Luther, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bell, went to Fort Hamilton, N. Y., with a company of men who left Kokomo, Ind., April 3, 1918. He was assigned to Bat. C, Seventieth F. A., C. A. C. IIe reached France in July, 1918, and remained there until the follow- ing February, when he returned to the States and was mustered out of the service at Camp Sherman, Ohio, March 12, 1919.
Behr. Edward Elmer (79), son of Frank A. and Amanda Behr, and husband of Bonnie Behr, was born Jan. 15, 1891, at Elwood, Ind. Ile entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 1. 1918, and was sent to Valparaiso University. Then he was sent to the Carnegie Institute of Tech- nology, l'ittsburgh, Pa., where he remained until Oct. 13, when he was transferred to Camp Mende, Md. There he was assigned to Co. C, 224th Field Signal Corps; next he was changed to Co. G. Thirteenth Depot Battalion, Signal Corps, and remained at the Franklin cantonment until his dis- charge, Dec. 17, 1918.
Belcher, Claird. Bell, James.
Bell, Mahlon, enlisted in Co. E of Kokomo, and after training at Camp Shelby, Miss., went to France with the 152nd Infantry in October, 1918.
Bell, Paul F.
EDMUND BUDD
ED. ANDERSON
HARVEY JAMES
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WILLIAM H.LAMB
WILLIAM B.LORD
CRESTON W. BARNES
LELAND O. EIKENBERRY
LYNN FLORA
CHARLES WALKER
DEWEY C. HANNA
W. P. NASH
PAUL O'TOOLE
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Bence, Leonard (61), son of Philip and Leona Bence, was born in Clay Co., Ind., July 24, 1897. He enlisted in the navy May 28, 1918, and was called to Camp Ross, Great Lakes, Ill., where he was assigned to Co. H. Tenth Regimeut. IIe was overseas in France three months.
Benge, John O., was born at Macy, Ind. When he began his army service he was twenty- four years of age. Sergeant Benge belonged to Co. F, Casnal Co., but at the time of his discharge Jan. 5, 1919, he was attached to the Ninth Co., Third Battalion, 158th Depot Brigade, located at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Benge, Luther Robert. Bennett, Jobn P.
Bennett, Paut DeWitt (7), son of Marshall (deceased) and Martha A. Bennett, was twenty- nine years of age when be volunteered for service Oct. 5, 1917, at Kokomo, Ind. He was attached to Bat. D, 325th F. A., Eighty-fourth Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He left the United States for France, Sept. 9, 1918. On Feb. 2, 1919, he landed at Newport News, Va., and was dis- charged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, March 1, 1919. His battery commander was Harlan J. Hadley, and John R. Starkey was colonel of bis regiment. In September, 1919. he married Louise Nolte.
Bennett, Everett N. (56), son of John N. and Eliza A. Mowe Bennett, was born at Sharpsville, Ind., May 2, 1886. On June 30, 1915, he married Wilma Rose Wick at Sandusky, Obio. In 1905 he graduated from the Kokomo High School; his A. B. Degree was received from Indiana University in 1912 ; and his M. D. Degree from the School of Medicine at Western Reserve Uni- versity in 1915. In May, 1918, he passed his examinations for a commission in the medical corps of the U. S. Army, and on July 22 he became a first lieutenant. On Ang. 22, 19IS, he was ordered to the base hospital at Camp Dodge, lowa, and he was on duty there in the surgical department until Oct. 31, when he was ordered to Hoboken for overseas service. Ite was on the Atlantic when the armistice was signed, but he proceeded to England and then to France to a so-called rest camp of hills and mud. lle was detailed to go to St. Aignon Noyers, better known as "Camp Agony." Ile was assigned to the Twenty-eighth Division, but he was immediately transferred to the Seventy-ninth Division near Verdun, where he was assigned to field hospital work; later he was with Ambulance Co. No. 314, and battalion surgeon of the 314th Infantry, and the 311th F. A. When the Seventy-ninth Division embarked for America, he was ordered to Germany, and assigned to Field Hospital No. 15, Second Division, billeted near Neuwied : later he was placed in command of Ambulance Co. No. 23, and mobilized in the neutral zone, preparatory to pushing into Germany if necessary. Ile left for the States, June 28. 1919, on the Leviathan, and arrived in New York six days later. IIe went at onee to Camp Dix, N. J., and received his discharge, July 8, 1919.
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