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Coxon, Edward Burbank (9), son of Edward T. and Mary B. Coxon, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 28, 1895. He was in the First O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison from May 12, 1912, until midsummer, when he received an honorable discharge. He entered the National Army Sept. 21, 1917, and was assigned to Bat. D, 325th F. A., Eighty-fourth Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, and was promoted to sergeant. He was discharged March 1, 1919, immediately after his return from France, where he had gone a short time before the armistice was signed.
Coy, Fred A. (15). Coy, Samuel S. Crafton, Virgil.
Craig. Donald Owen (32), son of Martin and Evaline Gallimore Craig, was born Jan. 21, 1895, at Hoopeston, Ill. Upon enlisting in Angnst, 1917, he was sent in September for training to Camp Zacbary Taylor, Ky., and was attached to the artillery branch of the service. He was transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss .; then to Washington, D. C .; and finally to France, where he was assigned to the Thirty-ninth Co., Twentieth Engineers.
Cramer, Conrad.
Cramer, Roy E., son of Edward L. and Edna L. Helmer Cramer, was born in Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 24, 1896. After completing two years of high school work, he enrolled in the army and was sworn in at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Training was also received at Fort Caswell, N. C.,
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and Camp Merritt. N. J., before being sent to France. He had six months of foreign service with Co. 2, Bat. B. Fifty- fourth F. A. He enlisted May 24, 1919, and was mustered ont at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., March 21, 1919.
Cranor. Arthur (ST. son of Leroy and Barbara Cranor, was born at Sycamore, Ind., Aug. 14, 1893. 1le married Alta Trott, April 7. 1917. Ilis enlistment began Feb. 18, 1918, at Van- couver, Wash., and after a short period there he was sent to Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Calif., for one month : and then transferred to Washington. D. C., where he remained three months. Land- ing in France, June 27, 1918, he was assigned to Bat. E. 324th F. A. Ile was on the front lines forty-seven days. the principal engagement being the Meuse-Argonne offensive. Five months were spent in Germany in the Army of Occupation. His discharge was granted at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Inne 4, 1919.
Cranor, Mode, entered the army Nov. 11, 1918. and was discharged the next day, as the armistice was signed the morning he left for Camp Wadsworth, S. C.
Craveos, James J. (93), son of Dr. E. R. and Nettie Jackson Cravens, was born Aug. 25. 1899, at Marco, Ind. Before graduating from the Kokomo High School in 1919, he served in the army, having enlisted July 12, 1918. He was placed in the ordnance department at Jefferson Barracks, Mo .: later he was transferred to the 105th Ordnance Depot Co., Camp Lee. Va., where he was given his discharge Dec. 12. 1918.
Cravens, Richard Elmer, was born at Marco, Indl. Ile enlisted in the army when he was twenty-seven years of age, and was commissioned second lientenant in the infantry Nov. 16. 1918, and later he was placed in the reserve. His discharge was issued at Camp Grant, Ill., Jan. 15, 1919.
Crawbaugh, Frank.
Creson, Otto O., was horn at Nelson, Ind. He was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor at the age of twenty-seven years, and placed in the Fourth Co., First Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade. His discharge was issued Jan. 1, 1919.
Creason, Isaac Harvey (64), was born in Howard Co., Ind., Nov. 25, 1890. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind .. Aug. 30, 1918, and was sent to Camp Custer, Mich., where he was assigned to Co. MI, Seventy-eighth Infantry. Ile received his discharge Jan. 22, 1919.
('ripe, Joseph (AS), son of Samnel and Mary Winters Gripe, was born in Kokomo, Ind. After the death of his mother, he went to live near Young America, where he graduated from the high school. Ile attended Indiana University two years, and the University of Michigan six years, graduating there in 1916 from the law department. In January, 1917, he began the practice of law in Kokomo. Ind. In May. 1917. he entered the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was commissioned first lieutenant. Ile was appointed general judge advocate but declined to serve. As a member of the Eighty-third Division, he sailed in July, 1918, for Europe, and his work took him to Italy and Alsace on special investigations. Ile returned to the States in Oc- tober, 1919.
Criss, Oscar David (35), son of Clark A. and Mary M. Criss, was born near Lintner, Ill., Ang. 20. 1806. Ile graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1915. When the first O. T. C. was established at Fort Benjamin Ilarrison. he was accepted but did not receive a commission as he was under twenty-one. Hle re enlisted at his first opportunity, and on Feb. 2, 1918, was attached to the Q. M. C. at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and detailed for special duty in the clothing warehouse for four months. On May S. 1918, he was permanently assigned to Columbus Barracks, promoted to corporal, and assigned to the salvage division. Ile hecame sergeant June 2, 1919. Ilis term of enlistment will end May 13, 1920.
Critchley, James, Jr., son of James and Ellen Critchley, was born in St. Helens, Lan- cashire, England, July 31, 1859. le came with his parents to Kokomo, Ind., and on April 3, 1918, entered the army and was sent with a company of soldiers to Fort Hamilton, N. Y. In December, 1918, he was promoted to corporal and transferred to Fort Randolph, Canal Zone, Panama.
Critchley, John, son of James and Ellen Critchley, was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England, March 4. 1SSS. He was sent to Fort Hamilton, N. Y .. when he entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., April 3, 1918, and from there to Fort Randolph, Canal Zone, Panama. lle was promoted to corporal.
Critchlow, Edmund S., son of George T. and Aura Scoven Critchlow, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 16, 1896. He graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1916. At the end of his freshman year at Indiana University, he joined the American heavy tank corps, aml left in June,
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1918. for Gettysburg. Pa., and Tobyhanna, Pa. He was promoted to corporal in Casual Co. G. Tank Corps, Headquarters Garage, Chief Tank Center, France. Ile received his discharge at Camp Merritt, N. J., July 18, 1919, and in September returned to Indiana University.
Crites, Henry H., was born in Allentown, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1883. On May 14. 1917. he en- listed in the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was commissioned second lieutenant in August. 1917. Until April, 1918, he served in that capacity : then he was promoted to first lieutenant, and in October, 1918, he was advanced to captain. Ile was on duty at Jeffersonville, Ind., nutil May 31, 1919.
fronnin. Dennis (87), son of Dennis and Della Shesman Cronin, was born Aug. 8, 1899. at Logansport, Ind. Ile began his services in the army July 13, 1917, when he enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind. He was attached to Co. M. Tenth Infantry, Camp Custer, Mich.
Crook, Henry M. (38), was born May 1, 1900. Hle enlisted in the navy in August, 1917. and was in service on the U. S. SS. "Westgate" at New York City.
Crousore. Bryan (71), son of Joseph and Hamilton Crousore, was born at Greentown, Ind., April 11, 1896. Following his enlistment at Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 25, 1918, he was stationed at Vancouver Barracks, Wash .; Camp Fremont, Palo Alto, Calif. ; and Washington, D. C. He was transferred from Co. B. 319th Engineer Corps, to Co. E. Twenty-first Replacement Regiment, after going to Washington. On his arrival in France, he was assigned to Co. D. 101st Regiment: after the armistice he was placed in the 285th Military Police Corps.
Crousore, Leo.
Crousore, Sherman E. (SD). son of Joseph and Laura Imel Crousore, was born in Ko- komo, Ind., Feb. 24, 1894. Ife married May Meunier. His military service lasted from Aug. 26. 1918, to Sept. 3. 1918. Ile was attached to the Twenty-fourth .Co., Sixth Battalion, Camp Sher- man, Ohio, and was discharged there because of physical disability.
Crull, Frank (41), son of Thomas Jefferson and Josephine Crull, was born in Howard Co., Ind. On Sept. 23, 1917, he entered the army, and was sent to France in the artillery branch of the service and promoted to corporal.
Crull, Thomas Jefferson (30), son of Thomas Jefferson aud Josephine Crull, was born in Union Tp., IToward Co., Ind., June 7, 1895. His wife is Carrie Croll. On Sept. 21, 1917, he entered the army at Kokomo, Ind .. and was sent to France with the field artillery.
Crume. Glen E., was born at Burlington, Ind. He enlisted in the army at the age of eighteen years. When he was discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Jan. 13, 1919, he was sergeant of Co. A, 551st Battalion.
Crumitt, Claud.
Culbertson, Donald Joseph Harry, son of Calvin Garrigus and Martha Culbertson, re- ceived his education at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Knightstown, Ind. Upon enlistment in the army at Kokomo, Ind., July 29. 1918, he was assigned to the Vancouver cut-up plant. Vancouver Barracks, Wash., and attached to the Twenty-fifth Spruce Squadfon, Second Provisional Regiment.
Culp, Eugene William (21), son of Alva C. and Lora Fons Culp, was born at Wabash, Ind .. Jan. 18, 1897. Hle enlisted in the army at Kokomo. Ind., April 19, 1917, and was attached to the sanitary corps, 131st Infantry, Thirty-eighth Division. Two months were served at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and more than a year at Camp Shelby before embarking for Europe. IIe sailed from Quebec, Canada, laoding at Tilberry docks, London, England, and soon crossed the channel to France. On account of illness, he was transferred to a casual company made up of men just out of the hospital. The armistice having been signed, he was ordered to St. Mignon, where with a company of all-Indiana men, he remained two months before leaving Brest for the United States, Feb. 19, 1919. Ile was discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., March 18, 1919.
Culver, Charles Curtis. C'ummel, Cleo.
Cummins, Howard Manford, son of Alonzo and Christina C. Schidt Cummins, was born in Anderson. Ind., July 21. 1898. He enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., March 19, 1917. and in January, 1918, arrived in France. In November. 1918, he went to Germany with the Army of Occupation. Corporal Cummins served in the Headquarters Co., Twelfth F. A., Second Division. It was the duty of his division to prepare the way for the great body of American troops which were soon to come. In February, 1918, he went on the firing line. and was thus engaged until the armistice was signed ; then he was billeted in Germany until July, 1919. Hle was discharged at Camp Mills, N. Y., about Ang. 10, 1919.
ARTHUR L.OILAR
EMERY M.MULLENS
NORMAN F. BECK
ROBERT P. TRESSEL
SAMUEL A.LOVE
LEE CHARLES DARSI
DANIEL NORRIS
CHARLES E MOORE
WILLIAM DONALD MIKORKLE
ROSS D.WILSON
LEWIS JENKINS
WALTER DAVID HICKS
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Cunningham. I'rank, was born in Cass Co., Ind., March 11, 1892. His service in the army lasted from Aug. 6, 1918, to Dec. IS. 1918. lle enlisted at Indianapolis, and was attached to the First Co., First Development Battalion. He was discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor.
Cunningham, Philip.
Curlee, Gayle (74), son of George B. and Dora Willitts Chrlee, was born March 29, 1894, in Kokomo, Ind. After graduating from high school, he attended business college for one year. Ile entered the first O. T. C., but was discharged Inne 30. 1917. because of ear trouble. Ile enlisted in the Indiana State Militia Dec. 16, 1917. lu the registration he was placed in Class B, but was never called to service.
Curiee, Glenn Maynard (81), son of Abraham E. and Margaret Rich Curlee, was born in Kokomo, Ind. Ile left high school at the end of the third year. At the close of the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, .Aug. 15, 1917, he was commissioned second lieutenant, and was sent to the cantonment at Louisville, Ky., Aug. 29, 1917, having been assigned to the property branch of the service. On Nov. 9, following, he was made supply officer of the 309th Sanitary Train, Eighty-fourth Division, and ordered to Washington, D. C., on Nov. 27, for work with the U. S. A. Standardized Military Production Section. On Jan. 21, 1918, he was transferred to Marion, Ind., as inspector of Class B, three-ton standardized military trucks. He was discharged Oet. 25, 1919.
Curley, William T., son of Jobn and Catherine Iless Curley, was born in Trenton, N. J., July 19, 1889. While in the army, he served three months in the United States, six months in England, and six months in France. lle had enlisted at Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 10, 1917, and was discharged March 25, 1919, at Camp Sherman, Ohio, llis service records show that he was pro- moted to sergeant in the air service, and that his character was "Excellent".
Currens, Charles W., son of Inther A. and Cora S. Hatfield Currens, was born at Sycamore, Ind., Sept. 10, 1804. Ile joined the army Sept. 21, 1917, in Grant Co., Ind., and from that ime until June 10, 1918, he was on duty at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. : then he went to Camp Sherman, Ohio, and on Sept. 2, 1918, he sailed for England, landing there seven days later. On the 11th of September he crossed the channel to France. On July IS, 1919. he embarked from a French port, and was mustered out at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1919, Corporal Currens was a member of the Headquarters Co., 334th lofantry, Eighty-fourth Division.
Currens, Clarence C. (66), son of Robert J. and Eliza Rose Ferril Currens, was born in IToward Co., Ind., July 9, 1896. Ile enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, Ind., May 22, 1918, aud was sent to France in June. He was attached to Bat. E, 345th F. A., Ninetieth Division, and after five months in France, he was sent to Germany.
Currens, Glenn.
Correns, Rufus Howard (70), sou of Robert I. and Eliza Rose Ferril Currens, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Feb. 13, 1803. Ile left Kokomo, Ind., for Louisville, Ky., July 23, 1918, and remained at Camp Zachary Taylor until Dec. 29, 1918, when he was discharged with the rank of sergeant.
Curry, Howard William (31), son of William II. and Effie Curry, was born in Jackson Tp., Howard Co., Ind., June 29, 1887. IIe graduated from the Winona Technical Institute in 1909. While in Milwaukee, Wis., in May, 1917, he enlisted in the 107th Engineers, and after training at Camp Douglas, Wis., he was sent to Camp McArthur, Texas, and then to France in February, 1918. Ile was advanced to corporal, sergeant, master engineer, and instructor of engineering in the First Corps School, France.
Curry, Lloyd Jesse (32), son of William H. and Effie Curry, was born in Jackson Tp .. Howard Co., Ind., Jan. 5, 1892. He enlisted at Chandler, Ariz .. in September, 1917, and was assigned to the machine gun corps ; later he was transferred to the ordnance bureau. Ile was in training at Camp Funston, Manhattan, Kansas; Camp Kearney, Linda Vista, Calif. ; and Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga. In August, 1918, he was sent to France attached to the Reg. Div. IIdqrs .. S. O. S., O. C., A. E. F.
Curry, William F. Curtis, Charles. Curtis, John.
Curtis, Wittiam Henry, son of J. T. and L. A. IIney Curtis, and husband of Lora P. Hart Curtis, was born at Ogden, Kansas, April 25, 1894. Ile was graduated in mechanical engineering from the Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan. Hle enlisted at Fort Logan, Colo., May 9, 1917. From Fort Logan he was transferred to Kelly Field, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; Garden City, 1 .. 1,; and finally to Princeton University where he was a cadet. Ile had been attached
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DON PARDEE MOON
LEONARD KILE
EAPHY MORROW
ERNIN L.METZ
WALTER E. MULLIS
CLARENCE WERBE
ROY M. MARTIN
ALGIE R.MOSS
ARTHUR F. MILLER
P. L. NEWBY
THOMAS J. MAHER
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to the following units in the air service : Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Forty-fourth. Thirteenth, 211th, and 628th. Ilis discharge was given at Princeton, N. J., Nov. 26, 1918.
Curts, Joseph M. Cutler, Peter G. . 1.
Daily, Bert Earl (34), son of Jesse and Allie Barber Daily, was born in Kokomo. Ind., Aug. 4, 1886. lle lived with his annt as his parents died when he was a small child. At the time of the trouble oo the Mexican Border, he volunteered in July, 1916, at Fort Thomas, Ky. lle was recruiting officer at Covington, Ky., until he went to El Paso, Texas. After his return he attended the first O. T. C. and was commissioned second lieutenant at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and assigned to Camp Zachary Taylor. While in France he was censor of mail, Co. II, Second Training Regiment, Second Depot Division.
Dailey, Cleo, was released from the navy and placed in the reserve at the time he was attending a naval radio school.
Daitey, Itarry E., son of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Dailey, was born in Marion Co., Jud. He was twenty-one years of age when he entered the army Sept. 3. 1918, and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., where he was a member of Bat. B, Seventy-second F. 1. Ile received his discharge at Camp Knox, Ky .. Jan. 31, 1919.
Daily, John F., went to France, and the reports show that he was slightly wounded in action.
Daily, Orval Benjamin (22), son of O. B. and Della M. Daily, was born Nov. 15, 1897, in Kokomo, Ind. He enlisted at Fort Wayne, Ind., April 16, 1917. Ilis assignments included : Columbus Barracks, Ohio : Fort Levett, Cushing Island, Maine; Fort Preble. Maine. Ile sailed for France, Aug. 6, 1918, and after seven months of service again reached the States March 29. 1919. For fifteen days he remained at Camp Upton, L. I., before he was sent to Camp Grant. 111., to he mustered out of the service April 17. 1919. While in the army he was married to Florence B. Naylor, of Portland, Maine.
Daily, Russell, was born at Greentown, Ind. Ilis record number in the navy was 17.6 5.
Darrah, Larue. Darrah, Lawrence A.
Darst. Lee Charles (18), son of Charles and Lucretia Hawkins Darst, was born in Marion, Ind., April 23, 1896. Hle left Kokomo. Ind., for Fort Hamilton, N. Y .. April 3. 1918, and was assigned to Bat. D, Seventieth Coast Artillery Corps. He sailed for France, July 15, 1918, and was located at Angers, France, until in February, 1919, when he returned and received his dis- charge at Camp Sherman, Ohio, about March 1. 1919.
Davenport, Jesse Floyd, son of Elmer E, and Fannie E. Davenport, was born at Sharps- ville, Ind., Sept. 1, 1886. He entered the army April 26, 1918, at Kokomo, Iod., and was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., and then to Camp Mcclellan. Ala., where he became supply sergeant of Bat. C, Twenty-seventh Regiment. Ninth Brigade. Ile was discharged Feb. 6, 1919.
David, Everett (43), is a son of John and Grace Ileinbaugh David. His wife is Martha Sweigart David. lle enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., April 26, 1917, and from April 27 to June 23, 1917, he was at Purdue University. Ile went to France with Bat. 1, 344th F. A., Ninetieth Division, and remained overseas twelve months, (June 28, 1918, to June 21, 1919). Ile was mnstered out at Camp Jackson, S. C.
David, George, entered the army April 3, 1918, and was assigned to Bat. C, 70th Reg., Coast Artillery Corps, when he reached Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Ile Ieft for France in July, 1918, and returned in February, 1919, having been located at Angers, France.
David, Hershel (7), son of John W. and Adda L. Sater David, was born in Union Tp., Iloward Co., Ind. He attended school in Greentown, Ind .. until he had completed three years in high school. Soon after enlisting in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind., on his eighteenth birthday, Oct. 29, 1917, he was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training School, and was assigned to the U. S. destroyer "Walke." He had previously made one trip to Eur pe on the "Lenape," which was wrecked. Ile held the rank of gunner.
Davidson, Marcellus, belonged to the machine gun company of the Fourth Infantry. His discharge was issued by the War Department at Washington, D. C., April 19, 1919.
David, William.
David, Walter, was in the army for only one day. lle was accepted for the draft of Nov. 11, 1918, and had gone as far as Indianapolis on his way to Camp Wadsworth, S. C., when he was returned home, the armistice having been signed.
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Davidson, William Cleveland, son of William and Cynthia Davidson; was born in Mode, 111., April 17. 1891. He enlisted in Co. E as a baker July 20, 1917. at Kokomo, Ind., and served for eight months with Bakery Co. No. 364, and at the time of his discharge was sergeant in the Q. M. C.
Davies, Harry Atwood (23), son of Samuel B. and Emily L Davies, was born in Howard Co., lod., May 16, 1895. He had worked as a machinist apprentice for four years before he entered the army Dec. 11, 1917. As he had selected the aviation service, he was sent from Fort Thomas, Ky,, to Caruthers Field, Fort Worth, Texas. Corporal Davies was discharged in the spring of 1919.
Davies, Robert Elliott, son of David Charles and Winetta Davis, was born in Kokomo, Iod., Jan. 31, 1897. When he entered the army Sept. 1, 1918, he was sent to the Arsenal Tech- nical Iligh School, Indianapolis, Ind .. and there assigned to Co. B. lle was also in training at the Deaf and Dumb School for two weeks, before going to Camp Meade, Mid., where he remained for more than two months. Ile was promoted to first class private, and on Jan. 20, 1919, he received his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Davis, Andrew Jackson, was born in 1897 at Jellico, Tenn. He enlisted in the Q. M. C. and was promoted to sergeant of Bakery Co. No. 401, U. S. Army. He was discharged at Camp Beauregard, La., Dee. 14, 1918.
Davis, Ennis, was born at Darwin, Ind. He was inducted into the army when he was twenty-one years old, and discharged at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Oct. 30, 1917.
Davis, Charles E. (96), son of Robert and Dora Schooly Davis, enlisted in the army April 6, 1917, the day war was declared. He was sent from Indianapolis, Ind., to Paris Island, S. C., where he was a member of the Twenty-fourth Co., U. S. Marine Corps. Instead of going to France, he was ordered to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he remained until hostilities ceased. llis discharge was dated Sept. 15. 1919.
Davis, Jackson.
Davis, Elmer, was born Aug. 13, 1896. Ile entered the army Sept. 4, 1918, and was mus- tered out Dec. 12, 1918. He had served with Bat. D, Sixth Regiment, F. A. R. D., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Davis, Harry Oliver (2), son of Alban C. and Lizzie Bell Davis, was born in Galveston, Ind., Oct. 5, 1894. In 1913 he was graduated from the Kokomo lligh School, and previous to his enlistment was assistant cashier of the Kokomo Trust Co. He enlisted in the army Sept. 25, 1917. and was sent to Fort Thomas, Ky., and then to Madison Barracks. N. Y. He went to France with Supply Co. No. 306. Q. M. C. which left the States Jan. 27, 1918. His work took him to various parts of the country, one trip being to Beigium with a trainload of shoes for relief work in March, 1919. Sergeant Davis returned to the States and was discharged July 29, 1919.
Davis, Isaac C., was inducted into the army, and was later discharged at the Recruit Camp, Syracuse, N. Y., Ang. 8, 1918, because of physical disability.
Davis, Roscoe Gayle (34), son of Isaac M. and Amanda Davis, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., July 10. 1802. Ilis wife is Edythe M. Gregory Davis. After graduating from the high school at Russiaville, Ind., he took a course in music and shorthand at Marion and Indianapolis. On Oct. 15, 1918, he entered the army at Kokomo, lod., and was sent to Rolling Prairie, Ind. ; then he was transferred to Valparaiso, Ind., and assigned to Co. D. S. A. T. C. He was mustered out of the service Nov. 14, 1918.
David, Stacy Royce, was born Ang. 30, 1899, at Francisco, Ind. llis father is dead, but his mother. Mrs. Oletha Davis, lives in Kokomo. After graduating from the Francisco High School, he took a business college course. On Oct. 17, 1915, he became a member of the S. A. T. C. at Oakland City, Ind., and was appointed acting sergeant. He received his discharge in December, 1918.
Davis, Stuart Bell (2), son of Alban C. and Lizzie Bell Davis, was born Dec. 27, 1892, in Galveston, Ind. After moving to Kokomo, Ind., with his parents, he attended Maplewood Classi- cal School. Hle enlisted in the first O. T. C. in May, 1017, but did not complete the course. Ile again volunteered and was accepted for the first increment of draft men who went to Camp Zachary Taylor, Sept. 5, 1917, and was there assigned to the 325th F. A. In March, 1918, he was transferred to the aviation section at Urbana. Ill., and graduated from the school of aeronautics. Inne 15, 1918: June 23 he was sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, and a month later to Caruthers Field, Benbrook, Texas, and there assigned to Squadron A. Ile received his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor. Ky., Feb. 17, 1919, having been transferred to that camp Feb. 6, 1919.
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Davis, Willard Ray (77), is a son of Elmer E. and Dora Knight Davis, and Insband of M. E. Winter Davis. IIe is a graduate of Purdue University. On April 12, 1917, he enlisted at West Lafayette, Ind., and was commissioned first lieutenant in the 336th Engineers, at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind. He was on duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Camp Custer, Mich .. before going to France in August. 1918. His enlistment was for five years in the Regular Army and three years in the Reserve Army.
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