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Clark, Donald Robert (33), son of C. B. F. and Mayme O'Neal Clark, was born in Kokomo, Ind., March 23, 1892. On Dec. 12, 1917, he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Ky., and was sent to Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. He was transferred to Camp McArthur, Texas, and assigned first to the headquarters squadron, and then to the provisional truck company ; later he was ordered to Camp Greene, N. C., in the Sixty-second Truck Co .; then to the SSOth Aero Squadron, and finally to Wrights Field, Montgomery, Ala. He was promoted to first sergeant, and mustered ont April 3, 1919.
Clark, Jesse William (96), son of Benjamin F. aud Ella Clark, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Nov. 4, 1894. Ile enlisted as a baker in the Q. M. C., and was sent to Camp Wheeler, Ga., and attached to the 312th Co. for eight months, before he was transferred to the Nineteenth Engineers, Twenty-second Division, and sent to France, March 20, 1918. Hle was promoted to first class private. When his discharge was issued May 5, 1919, at Camp Sherman. Ohio, he was attached to the Eleventh Co., Transportation Corps.
Clark, Joseph Chester (38), son of John George and Laura Isabelle Clark, was born April, 12, 1897, in Cass Co., Ind. May 14, 1918, he enlisted in Kokomo, Ind., and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. ; from there he moved to Fort Greble, R. I .; then to Camp Enstis, Va., and to Camp Stuart, Va., preparatory to embarkation for France with the Fiftieth Regiment, Battery B, Coast Artillery Corps. He returned to the United States, arriving at Camp Dix, N. J., Feb. 15, 1919, and was soon mustered out of the service.
Clark, Roy, son of Asher and Lena Cardwell Clark, was born in Keen, Ky., in 1893. He received his military instruction at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and Camp Sherman, Ohio. Ile was promoted to top sergeant in Co. C, 309th Field Signal Battalion, Eighty-fourth Division.
Clayton, Ilugh .1.
Clee, Robert E. (35), son of George W. and Mollie M. Rothermel Clee, was born at Milton, Ind., Jan. 10, 1893. After enlisting in the army at Indianapolis, Ind., he was assigned to the Sixty-ninth F. A. at West Point, Ky. Later he was sergeant in the 313th Cavalry at Del Rio. Texas. When he was mustered out of the service, shortly after the signing of the armis- tice, he came to Kokomo, Ind.
Clevenger, Bert.
Clevenger, Carliste Victor, was born Jan 2, 1901. Ilis service was in the navy.
Clester, Lewis Walter (42), son of David and Orilla Davis Clester, was born in Somerset, Ind., Nov. 13, 1883. Ilis wife is Bertha A. Ranck Clester. He enlisted in the army Jan. 1, 1918, at Kokomo, Ind., and was mustered out March 11, 1919. In the meantime he had been in train- ing at Fort Thomas, Ky., and Camp Jackson, S. C., and had spent seven months in France as a member of Bat. B, Sixty-first Coast Artillery Corps.
Clifford, Earl Leroy (S), son of Frank L. Clifford, was born at North Vernon, Ind., March 9, 1899. When he enlisted in the navy Nov. 15, 1917, he was a senior in the Kokomo High School, and was given a diploma with the Class of 1918. From Indianapolis he was ordered to Camp Decatur, Great Lakes Naval Training Station; further instruction was received at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital, the Hospital Corps School, Station "L", and Washington, D. C., before going aboard the U. S. SS. Destroyer "McCall", on which he made one trip to Europe. When he returned he was assigned to St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington, D. C. lle held the rating of second pharmacist's mate.
Cliffton, Oscar.
Ctymer, Ray (77), son of James and Rachel Carnine Clymer, was born near Miami, Miami Co., Ind. After completing high school, he attended normal school and taught three years. He and his wife, Maude Locke Clymer, now live in Kokomo, lud., but he entered the National Army at Teru, Ind., April 26, 1918, and was advanced to corporal at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
HOWARD HELMS
ROSCOE HELMS
ORVILLE HELMS
FRED COY
JOHN BODICUTT
EDMUND R. EARLY
CLOYD B.HEFLIN
EMIL FAVRE
HERMAN G.ALBRECHT
J.F.K. BADNELLY
MARK.BROWN
PAUL GAITIS
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Coe. Albert.
Cogswell, Claude E., was born at Lebanon, Ind., and was twenty-seven years of age when he entered the army. His discharge was issued at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Dec. 13, 191S. IIe was then a member of the Tw Ifth Co., Third Battalion, 158th Depot Brigade.
Coffman, Fred D.
Coffman, Harold Reign, son of J. C. and Emma Coffman, was born in Lonisville, Ky., Nov. 25, 1897. Ile entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 16. 1917. and was promoted to cor- poral in the Fourth Co., Third M. M. Air Service. He arrived from overseas about July 7. 1919, and was immediately sent to Camp Merritt, N. J., to receive his discharge.
Cole, Albert K. (64), son of Henry. and Mianie Cole, was born in Kokomo, Ind., July 28, 1890. He attended high school for one year. On Aug. 14. 1917, he enlisted at Kokomo, Ind .. and was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky. ; and later to Kelly Field, Texas, where he was assigned to the Aviation Corps, No. 801. After serving in both England and Frauce, he was returned to the United States hecause of ill health, and sent to Hospital No. 16, West Haven, Conn. He had been promoted to sergeant of military police.
Cole. Alorzo L. (36), son of Charles A. and Sarah Alice Cole, was born in Rose Lawn. Newton Co., Ind. Ile attended school in Missouri. but entered the army in Kokomo. Ind., April 30, 1917. Immediately after his enlistment, he was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky. ; later he was ordered to Washington, D. C .. to study wireless telegraphy. Corporal Cole was then sent to France as a wireless operator with Ileadquarters Co., Second Battery, Sixtieth Regiment, Coast Artillery Corps.
Cole, Samuel Davis, enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., May 22, 1918, and was given military training in Supply Co., Seventy-third Infantry, Twelfth Division. Ile was stationed at Fort Snelling, Minn., and later at Camp Devens, Mass.
Cole, Samuel James.
Cole, William D., son of William H. and Mary M. Summers Cole, was born in Howard Co., Ind., July 28, 1809. Ile entered the army July 2, 1918, and was in service as a truck driver at Hospital No. 5. New York. He was mustered out in the spring of 1919.
Coleman, Charles (33), son of W. II. and Emily Coleman, was born in Eenton Co., Ark., Sept. 20, 1893. He enlisted at Ft. Wayne, Ind., Sept. 1, 1917, and was assigned to Baking C'o., No. 354, and reached France in July, 1918.
Coleman, Fred L., was born Sept. 2, 1SOS. Ilis service in the World War was in the navy.
Colescott, Dillon F., belonged to the Twenty-fifth Reernit Co .. 163rd Depot Brigade. He was discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 22, 1918, because of physical disability.
Coleseoff, John E.
Colescoff, Robert Gale, son of Stephen and Alice Brunk Colescott, entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., March 20, 1918, and was promoted to Corporal in the Eleventh Co., Third Battalion. 159th Depot Brigade at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He was mustered out of the service Dec. 11, 1918.
Colescott, Walter William, son of Wesley and Rebecca Crabtree Colescott, was born near Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 17, 1891. He enlisted in the army Sept. 4, 1917. His assignments included Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Nitro City, W. Va .. and Camp Custer, Mich. He was a member of the headquarters company of the Tenth Infantry. On Jan. 17, 1919, he was given his discharge.
follis, Garfield Harrison, was born July 9, 1803. Ile lived in Indianapolis, Iud., when a child, hut moved to Kokomo, where he enlisted in the ordnance department of the army and was stationed for a time at Penniman, Va., before going to France. He received his discharge Feb. 26, 1919.
Collier, Alfred Edgar.
Collier, Earl, was born at Inmrick, Ill. Ile was twenty-five years of age when he was in the limited service regiment of the 161st Depot Brigade at Camp Grant, Ill. His discharge was dated Nov. 30, 1918.
Collier, Frederick Charles.
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Collins, Clarence Sylvester (65), son of James W. and Martha Collins, was born in lloward Co., Ind., in 1890. He enlisted in the army in Kokomo, Ind., and was assigned to anty in New York where he was promoted to corporal.
Collins, Herman Eugene, son of James W. and Martha Collins, was born in Howard Co., Ind., in 1896. Ile entered the army Dec. 18, 1917, and was transferred to Newport News, Va.
Collins, James.
Colvin, Fraok C., was discharged because of physical disability from Co. E, Second In- fantry, Indiana National Guard. Ilis discharge was dated at Jeffersonville, Ind., May 7, 1917.
Colson, Eher Calvin, son of Eber L. and Anne Colson, was born April 30, 1890. Ile en- listed in the army Oct. 10, 1917, and was assigned to Co. I, 151st Infantry.
Colvin, Harry.
Comer, Robert J. (33), son of John I]. and Emma Frazier Comer, was born at Center, Ind., June 18, 1891. In May, 1918, he entered the army at Detroit, Mich., and was sent to Hampton Roads, Va., where he was assigned to Co. No. 714. Signal School.
Comerford, James. T.
Comerford, Thomas L.
Compton, I'rank V., entered the army in November, 1917, and was a member of the Third O. R. S., Eighty-fifth Division.
Conkle, Roscoe (64), son of James B. and Catherine Markland Conkle, was born in Howard, Co., Ind., April 25, 1897. He graduated from high school in 1915, and was attending an emhalmer's school in Indianapolis, Ind., when he entered the army and was assigned to this department of work during the influenza epidemic: from the 159th Depot Brigade, Camp Zachary Taylor, he was transferred Oct. 21, 1918, to the field artillery at Camp Jackson, S. C., but after the signing of the armistice. he was returned to the cantonment at Louisville, and honorably discharged Jan. 2, 1919.
Conley, Francis B., son of Patrick and Alice Lewis Conley, was born at Tipton, Ind .. but was living in Kokomo, Ind., when he enlisted in the army. He was stationed at San Francisco, Calif., as a member of the band in the coast artillery corps. He had previously served one enlistment.
Conn, Vern, was born in Peru, Ind. He was twenty-five years of age when he was inducted into the army. On Dec. 23, 191%, he was mustered ont at Valparaiso, Ind.
Conner, Elwood J.
Conner, James Henry (23), son of Theodore and Josephine Miller Conner, was born In Los Angeles, Calif., June 2, 1892. His wife is Fernetta Booher Conner. IIe was an ordnance inspector for the navy in Chicago, Ill., beginning in June, 1918.
Counor, Mark B. (24), son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Conner of Hemlock, Ind., was born Dear Galveston, Ind., April 9, 1896. His graded school work was done at Galveston, hut his high school course was completed at Iloward, Kansas, in 1914, and the following winter was spent at the Kansas State University. Previous to his enlistment at Wichita, Kansas, he was employed in Kokomo, Ind. From Camp Logan, Colo., he was transferred to Vancouver Barracks, Wash. He attended the Third O T. C. at American Lake, Wash .. hut at the end of the course was returned to Vancouver Barracks, where he was cashier and sales accountant for the commissary. He was again recommended for the O. T. C., but the end of the war came before he began training.
Conner, Robert Leo (12), son of Theodore and Josephine Miller Conner, was born in Fountain City, Ind., Sept. 10, 1595. He attended high school and private school in Kokomo. Ind. On May 2, 1913, he enlisted at Chicago, Ill., and four years later was given an honorable dis- charge at Charleston. S. C. The following day he re-enlisted and was appointed instructor and first class officer in the radio school.
Conquest, Delbert.
Conway, Glen Donald (69), son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conway, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Jan. 8, 1900. 1Ie graduated from the Kokomo ITigh School in 1918, and in October of the same year entered the S. A. T. C. at Indiana University. His discharge was granted Dec. 21, 1918.
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Conwell. Donald (71), son of Thomas B. and Dora B. Douglas Conwell, was born in Howard Co., Ind., June 3, 1899. He enlisted in the army June 19, 1918, and was assigned to Troop K, Fourteenth Cavalry. After the armistice, he was sent to Germany in the Army of Occupation. Previous to his enlistment in the Regular Army, he had served in Co. E, of Kokomo.
Conwell, Frederick Evert (70), son of Thomas and Dora Douglas Conwell, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 25, 1891. When he enlisted in the army at Kokomo, he was sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and had all of his service in that section of the United States.
Cook, Elmer Lee, was in the draft of Nov. 11. 1918, at Greenville, Teun. lle was dis- charged the following day at Camp Shelby. Miss., as the armistice had gone into effect.
Cook, Paul (61), son of John and Ada Cook, was born in Crystal City, Mo., Oct. 19, 1894. He enlisted in the army at San Antonio, Texas, June 15, 1917. He was stationed at Laredo, Texas, until he was transferred to Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas. Corporal Cook was a cook in Co. K, Thirty-seventh Infantry. llis term of enlistment ends in June, 1920.
Cook, Roy.
Cook, Russell Lowell, son of James and Emily K. Ratcliffe Cook, was born in Russia- ville, Ind., Jan. 1, 1893. After enlisting in the army at Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 5, 1917, he was in training for one year in the United States. lIe sailed Sept. 2, 1918, and again reached the States, Feb. 15, 1919, and was mustered out of the army March 1, 1919, at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Cook, Sanford R., was born at Burlington, Ind. Ile was twenty-four years of age when he entered the army, where he was with the Fourth Co., First Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. His service ended Dec. 20, 1915, at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Cooper, Ward Charles (58), son of Charles E. (deceased) and Ida MI. Cooper, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 10, 1888. He enlisted in the army at Peoria, Ill., as a member of the field signal service of the regular army reserve. His preliminary training was at Camp Sherman, Ohio. He left the United States, June 11, 1918, with Co. A. Field Signal Battalion. In the Army of Occupation he was stationed at Ahrenburg, Germany, until he was placed in the detached service in the amusement and entertainment branch of the army, and with twenty soldiers he was detailed to visit many of the camps during the spring and summer of 1919. He reached Camp Merritt, N. J., ou August 4, 1919, and was mustered out at Camp Grant, Ill., Aug. 8, 1919.
Cooper, Gayle E. (90), son of Horace M. and Julia Tschurny Cooper, was born in Kokomo, Ind .. July 2, 1891. IJe enlisted in the navy at Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1917. He was promoted to chief yeoman and discharged April 14, 1919.
Cooper, Lemuel Leonidas (23), son of L. L. and Josephine Greene Cooper, was born near Jasper, Ind., Dec. 12, 1893. Ile graduated from the Otwell High School in 1914, and the same year was married to Estelle Johnson. On Dec. 10, 1917, he enlisted in the aviation branch of the service at Muncie, Ind., and was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky .; additional training was received at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio, Mineola, and Garden City, L. I. He sailed overseas hy way of HIalifax, N. S .. stopping at Glascow, Scotland, and Northampton. England, before reaching Ilavre, France. Later he returned to England and was in training with the 377th Squadron at Salisbury Plain. On December 12, 1918, he landed in the States, and was discharged at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1918.
Cooprider, Forest, son of Mrs. Ida L. Cooprider, was inducted into the army at Kokomo, Ind., April 3, 1918, and after reaching Fort Hamilton, N. Y., became a member of the Seventieth Coast Artillery Corps, which went to France in July, 1018, and returned and was mustered out in March, 1919.
Copp, Harrison (61), son of Nixon and Nancy Rywn Copp, was born June 20, 1896, At Platte City, Mo. He graduated from the Kokomo Iligh School in 1914. In May, 1918, he was married to Ruth Thelma Learner. The next month he enlisted in the U. S. Naval Reserve at Indianapolis, and received his training as machinist's mate, second class, at the Great Lakes Naval Station ; then he was sent to the League Island Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. When he went overseas, he was assigned to the U. S. SS. "Northern Pacific": Base No. 6. Queenstown, Ireland ; Base No. 7. Brest, France; U. S. SS. "George Washington." While in Brest he served as Naval Mail Clerk. IIe received his release from active service at Bay Ridge Barracks, Brooklyn, N. Y., in Fehruary, 1919. IIis enlistment expires June 19, 1922, but he was placed on the inactive list.
Corwin, Jay E. (36), was born in Tipton, Ind., in 1895. HIe enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., and served on the Mexican Border in 1916. He was advanced to corporal of Co. A, 334th Regiment, Eighty-fourth Division.
CARLISLE SMITH
GLEN SOMERS
VIRGIL DUNCAN
MARK GRAGE
GEORGE MS REYNOLDS
ROBERT M.CHANCELLOR
WILL AM W WORKMAN
MARBLE COTTINGHAM
GEORGE SCOVEN
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OSCAR RAY SWOPE
GLEN ANDERSON
LELAND S. HURD
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Cory, Russell Raymond (84). son of Francis M. and Luella Pittenger Cory, was born in Lebanon, Ind., June 21, 1889. Ile enlisted in the army from Kokomo. Ind., June 15, 1918, and was sent to Indianapolis. Ind., where he was attached to the Chamber of Commerce Motor Transport Corps at the School for the Deaf. Later he was transferred to Camp Jackson, S. C., where he remained until after the armistice was signed as a member of Bat. A, Twelfth Regiment, Field Artillery Replacement Depot. On Jan. 7. 1919, he received his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Cosier, John Telfer (11), son of John M. and Jane A. Telfer Poster, was born Sept. 3, 1×92, in Indianapolis, Ind. Ile is a graduate of the Kokomo High School and the Indiana Dental College. He was commissioned first lieutenant in September, 1917, soon after his graduation from dental college, and was ordered to Camp Shelby, Miss: from there be was sent to San Antonio, Texas, and then to Donglas, Ariz. In February, 1918, he was transferred to Fort Hauchuca, Ariz,, and stationed with the Regular Army. He was discharged in Inne, 1920.
Cosmos, Edward J.
Costlow. Glenn Charles (29), son of Morton and Olla B. KeHar Costlow, was born in Kokomo. Ind, Sept, 9, 1892. He graduated from high school in 1912. Having been commissioned hrst lieutenant at the First O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison in August, 1917, he was ordered to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and assigned to Co. D, 335th Infantry, Eighty-fourth Division. During the months of July and August, 1918, he was on duty at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and on Sept. 4, 1918, sailed for France. Lieutenant Costlow was in four engagements and was twice wounded, once in the left hand on Oct. 19, 1918, in the teuse-Argonne offensive, and the second time in Flanders on Oct. 31, when he was struck with a machine gun bullet, shattering the bone of the left leg. Ilis service in France was with the Ninety-first Combat Division. After he was wounded, and had undergone an operation in France, he was sent to London to American Base Hospital No. 29. Upon arrival in New York, he was sent to a hospital for further treatment, but it became necessary to aminitate his left foot on account of gangrene. Finally he was sent to U. S. Base Hospital No, 26, at Des Moines, lowa, and was discharged there July 17, 1919. While stationed at Louisville, Ky., he married Mattie Marshall Curd of that city.
Costlow, Jesse Patrick (30), son of Benjamin Judson and Katie Lawery Costlow, was born in Howard Co., Ind., March 7. 1885. After graduating from the high school at Kirklin, Ind., he attended the Marion Normal. In July, 1918, he was married to Anna Thompson. He had previously entered the army at Lusk, Wyoming, in October, 1917, and was sent to Camp Lewis, Wash., and then to Camp Kearney, Calif. He was assigned to the sanitary detachment of the 115th Ammunition Train, which went overseas.
Cotner, Everett, was born March 9, 1898. His enlistment in the navy dated from May 16, 1918, to March S, 1919. He was an armed guard. lle was given his discharge at Hampton Kloads, Va.
Cottingham, Marble F. (16), son of Mrs. Mary Pickett Leach, was born March 13, 1895, at Ilemlock, Howard Co., Ind. He was inducted into the National Army June 15, 1918, and served in the Fifth Co., Ordnance Repair Shop Detachment at Mehon, France. In October. 1919, he married Flossie E. Graves in Kokomo. Ind.
Cottingham, Russell,
Coulbern, Ivan B. (23). son of William F. and Minnie Smith Coulbern, was born Sept. 13, 1895, at Kokomo. Ind. On May 10, 1917. he enlisted, and after passing his examinations at Ft. Wayne. Ind .. he was sent to Fort Thomas. Ky., and was then ordered to Syracuse, N. Y. Before sailing on April 2, 1918. he had also been in training at Charlotte, N. C., and Camp Merritt, N. J. He was landed at Liverpool, and went directly to Havre, France. Ile took part in the following engagements: Aisue defensive, June 1-5; Chateau Thierry, June 5 to July 15: Champagne-Marne defensive, July 15-18; Aisne-Marne offensive, July 18 to August 6: St. Mihiel offensive, Sept. 12 to Sept. 16: Mense-Argonne offensive, Sept. 26 to Nov. 11, 1918. When the armistice was signed, he was at Velaines, Ile was with the Army of Occupation from Nov. 27. 1918. to Angnst 7, 1919. At the second battle of the Marne he was slightly gassed, and in the Mense-Argonne offensive, he had the great privilege of escorting under shell fire, forty captured prisoners to the regimental headquarters, While billeted at Andernach, Germany, he was discharged July 2, 1919. The next day he re-enlisted for one year. On Ang. 25, 1919, he returned to Brooklyn, N. Y., and was sent to Camp Pike, Ark., the permanent home of the Third Division. From May 26, 1917, to Nov. 30, 1917, he was a member of the Seventh Ma- chine Gun Battalion ; from Dec. 1, 1917, to Feb. 17, 1918, he was in Co. D. Eighth Machine Gun Battalion, Sixth Brigade, Third Division. The insignia is made up of three white stripes on a field of blue; the stripes representing the Marne, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-AArgonne, and the blue in memory of those who died on the field of battle.
FRED STRAWBACK
EVERETT LEE ROCKEY
LUTHER ALBRIGHT
CHARLES WATKINS
OLIN R.HOLT
THOMAS BREWSTER
HOBART UNDERWOOD
CHESTER WARNOCK
JACOB HARNESS
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PAUL D. FREEMAN
HAROLD COFFMAN
JAMES JOYCE-
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Courtney, George D., was born Dec. 5, 1892. Ile began his service in the. army July 23, 1918, and was discharged Dec. 17, 1918, after having served in Bat. A, Second Regiment, Field Replacement Depot.
Cowan, Clarence (61), was born Dec. 10, 1896. 1Je entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., March 27, 1918, and was sent to France with the A. E. F.
Cowgill, Fred. Cowgill, L. B.
Cowley, Harold B., was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Ile was twenty years of age when he enlisted in the medical corps. Sergeant Cowley was given bis discharge at the base hospital at Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 8, 1918.
Cox, Chester Mentor, was born in Howard Co., lud., and at the time of his induction into the army, he was twenty-nine years of age. He served with Bat. D, 325th F. A., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., but at the time of bis discharge, after his return from overseas, he was stationed at Camp Sherman, Ohio. His discharge was given March 1, 1919.
Cox, Charles C., son of Lewis Milton and Sarah Anderson Cox, was born in Bloomington, Ind., Sept. 4, 1897. Ile obtained his education in the schools at Russiaville, Ind., where he graduated from the high school in 1916. He entered the S. A. T. C, in October, 1918, at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., and was discharged in December of the same year.
Cox, Clinton.
Cox, John Clark, was born at Bloomington, Ind. Ile was a member of the S. A. T. C. at Wabash College from October to December, 1918.
Cox, Kenneth Julius (87), was born Dec. 22, 1895, in Toledo, Ohio. He attended the Toledo and Chicago schools and three years were spent in the Kokomo High School. Following his enlistment at Cleveland, Ohio, May 10, 1917, be was in training as follows: Camp Davis, Cleveland, Ohio, July 15 to Aug. 25; Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 25 to May 5; Camp Lee, Ya., May 5 to June 8; Camp Hill, Ya., June 8 to July 6th. He embarked for France July 6, 1918, and arrived there fourteen days later. He was in the Lorraine sector, the St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne offensives. While serving as a first class private with the engi- neers, he was wounded and gassed Sept. 29, 1918. He again reached the United States on Feb. 22, 1919, and was soon discharged.
Cox, Herbert A.
Cox, Oliver C. (62), son of Lewis Milton and Sarah Andersou Cox, was born in Indi- anapolis, Ind., Dec. 29, 1893. However, at the time of his enlistment he was living at Russia- ville, Ind. He enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 3, 1917, and was sent to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where he was promoted to corporal in Co. No. 400, Motor Transport Corps.
Cox, William Ilenry (24), son of Henry Edward and Elizabeth Cox, was born in England March 16, 1896. He moved with his parents to Kokomo, Ind., where he entered the army July 23, 1918, and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. ; then he was transferred to Camp Mcclellan, Ala., where he was supply sergeant in Bat. F, Twenty-seventh F. A. His discharge was granted Feb. 7, 1919.
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