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Davis, William Talton (37), son of James P. and Mary F. Davis, was born in Henry Co., Va .. Feb. 25, 1892. 1Ie enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., May 27, 19IS, and was sent to Augusta, Ga. ; from Camp Hancock he was transferred to the ordnance department. Pennimau. Va., and on April 5, 1919. he received his discharge at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
Davisson, Robert Amazie (35), son of I. A. and Josephine Davisson, was born near Chal- mers, White Co., Ind., July 26, ISS9. Upon entering the army at Kokomo, Ind., May 2, 1918. he was assigned to Co. G and later to Co. L, Fifty-first Infantry, Sixth Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. He was at Chickamauga Park, Ga., for a short time before he sailed for overseas service from Long Island, July 5, 1918. He was in active service at the front from Sept. 10, to Nov. 11, 1918. lle states, "The Germans were driven so rapidly during the last offensive. that at times, only one meal a day could be had."
Dawson, Donald Hanson (41), son of Auras G. and Nellie Cooper Dawson, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 23, 1899. Ile had reached his Junior year in high school when he enlisted in the Naval Reserve at Indianapolis, Ind., June 17, 1918. Three months were spent at the Great Lakes Training School before going to the navy yard at Seattle, Wash. After the armistice. he was released from active service in order to resume his school work, and he was placed on the inactive list Dec. 12, 1918. On Jan. 7, 1919, he entered Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind.
Day, Clarence Gilbert, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Butcher, was born Aug. 26, 1896. Ile entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., June 5, 1918, and was assigned to the Headquarters Co., Sixty-eighth 1. A., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky. Later he went to Camp Knox, West Point, Ky., where he received his discharge Dec. 21, 19IS.
Day, Merrill (',, was born at Gilead, Ind. Ile was twenty years oldl when he entered the S. A. T. C. at Indiana University in October, 1918. His discharge was issued Dec. 21. 19IS.
Dayhnff, Charles H. (86), son of Samuel and Ladie Duke Daybuff, was born Dec. 17, 1876, in Paoli, Orange Co., Ind. He completed three years in the Kokomo High School before he entered the Regular Army at St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 29, 1896. Until July 5, 1901, he was with the Eighth Cavalry ; then he was transferred to the Fourteenth Cavalry. July 30, 1917, be was commissioned major in the adjutant general's department, and ordered to Hoboken, N. J. Major Dayhuff has a remarkable talent for remembering names and faces, and this served him well in what was one of the busiest military ports in the world. Major Dayhuff has been in service in the Philippines twice, his wife and son accompanying him on one trip; he married Monette Butcher in Kokomo just after he had returned from his first trip there. It is said there is but one Howard County soldier who has served a longer period in the military departments of our government than Major Dayhuff ; but while the other man has been in the service for twenty- nine years, half of his time has been in the navy, while the entire enlistment of twenty-tbree years of Charles Dayhuff has been in the army, so to him belongs the honor of the longest con- tinuous service in one branch of military activity.
Deal, Earl.
Deal, Harold Owen (65), son of Joseph and Stella M. Deal, was born in Kok mo. Ind .. March 3, 1899. lle graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1917. He entered the S. A. T. C. at Butler College, Oct. 1, 1918, and was mustered out of the service in December following.
Deardorff, Walter, was born in Clinton Co., Ind., in June, 1896. On Sept. 4. 1915. he en- listed at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, and was there assigned to the Fifty-second Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Adams, R. 1. He was two years in foreign service, and was wounded once. He was on the St. Mihiel, Verdun and Argonne Forest fronts. In November, 1919, he was on duty at Camp Merritt, N. J., with the Supply Co. of the Thirteenth Infantry.
Dearing, Alfred, was born at Circleville, Ohio. At the age of twenty-two he enlisted in the army, and was assigned to Co. 1. First Replacement Engineers. He received his discharge Ian. 18, 1919, at Camp Zachary Taylor.
DeCamp, William Edward, was given his discharge at Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 6, 19IS, because of physical disability.
KENNETH S. MITCHELL
GUY A. PERKINS
OMER O. NEWTON
SILAS CRANFORD HAWN
BASIL M.WHEELER
HENRY KEPNER
BRUCE R.MYGRANT
HARLEY V. MOHLER
FLOYD Mº NEW
BERT A LEE
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DeFord, Edward.
Degler, Howard L., was born March 12. 1805. lle hegau bis service Oct. 5, 1917. Dellard, Franklin.
DeLon, Arthur,
DeLon, Carson MeAlpin (9), son of Frank and Lottie MeAlpin DeLon, was born in Royal ('enter, Ind., Sept. 5, 1898. He enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 5, 1917, and was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training School. lle served on a hospital ship as third pharmacist's mate.
DeLon, Otho J. (4), son of Frank and Emma Harrell DeLon, was born in New London, Howard Co., Ind., March 9, 1894. After attending high school for two years be went to business college one term. Ilis service in the army began June 15, 1918, when he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor. Ile was transferred from the mechanical engineers to Bat, E, F. A. R. D. Ile went overseas Oct. 1, 1918, and was stationed at Vierzon, France. He was mustered out July 22, 1919, at Camp Mills, L. 1., after having had a period of thirteen months of military training to his credit.
DeLuca, John, was born in Italy, but at the time he enlisted in the U. S. Army he was living in Kokomo, Ind. Ile bad previously served in the Italian Army.
DeMoss, Roscoe Crete (31), son of Lewis N. and Winnie B. DeMoss (now Mrs. Tuttle). was born in Hartford City, Ind., Aug. 17, 1895. He married Margaret Neboe, Feb. 13, 1918. Ile enlisted in the army Nov. 16, 1917, and when be reported at Fort Thomas, Ky., he was placed in the school for buglers ; then advanced to quartermaster; and later to gnard. llis record was marked "Excellent" on his discharge given March 5, 1919.
Denman, Guilbert O., was born at Flora, Ind. He was twenty-six years of age when he began his army service, and at the time of his discharge April 17, 1919, he was stationed at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky,, as a member of Bat. A. 134th F. A.
Denman, William 0. (32), son of Elmer and Rosa Denman, was born in Franklin Co., Mo., Feb. 13, 1:07. Ile enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., May 5. 1917. and was on duty with Co. E, at East Chicago, Ind., guarding munition factories until October, 1918, when he was transferred to Camp Mills, L. I. Co. B, 307th Infantry, to which he was attached, was not on the firing line. He remained in France until May, 1919, when his regiment was returned to the United States.
Denham, Walter JJ. Dennies, Willard.
Derbyshire, William, son of William and Margaret Derbyshire, went as a volunteer with the contingent that left Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 11, 1918. Ile had gone as far as Indianapolis, when mobilization orders were cancelled and he returned to his home after spending only one day in military service.
Deshon, Glenn (21), son of William and Dora Deshon, was born at Fairmount, Ind. Ile completed one year of high school. Hle enlisted in Co. E, of Kokomo. Corporal Deshon was later a member of Co. E. 327th Infantry, Eighty-second Division. ITe returned from France, reaching Camp Upton, N. Y., May 18, 1919. The voyage was made on the transport "Luchinbach."
Deshon, Gny (22), son of William G. and Dorn Deshon, was born at Fairmount, Ind., July 29, 1897. He attended school in Kokomo, Ind., until he bad completed one year of high school. Ile enlisted in Co. E, of Kokomo. As a corporal in Co. E, 327th Infantry, Eighty-second Division, he served in France. Ile and his brother were in the same company and both returned on the "Luchinbach", and were sent to Camp Upton, L. I .. to be discharged in May, 1919.
DeVana, Wiffiam Burrell (36), son of John Patrick and Florence M. DeVana, was born in Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 29, 18SS. He entered the service when he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., Sept. 21, 1917 ; later he was transferred to Camp Shelby, Miss., and assigned to the 152nd Infantry, where he was wagoner in the supply company. On Jan. 30, 1919, bis discharge was issued at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Devore, Fay Cecil, was born May 23. 1895. His enlistment in the navy began June 25, 1918, at Chicago, Ill.
Deweese, Fred,
Deweese, Herbert K. (63), son of D'r. L. and Mrs. Deweese, was born at Hemlock, Ind., Nov. 23. 1597. He graduated from the Kokomo ligh School in 1915. When he eulisted in the
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CHARLES NUNNS
PAUL M. BARNARD
BENJAMIN F. HARRISON
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DWIGHT SINGER
THOMAS BARNETT
DWIGHT BABB
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KENNETH J. CASTNER
EUGENE CULP
GLENN DESHON
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EDWARD J. DUMOULIN
OSCAR ELLIS
MAJOR E.ELLIS
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army in April, 1918, he was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga., where he remained until October, when he sailed for France. He was on duty at Tours. He returned to the States and was discharged in the summer of 1919.
Deweese, Howard Bare (9), son of Joseph C. and Jennie Bare Deweese, was born iu Tip- ton Co., Ind., Feb. 23, 1803. After attending high school one year. he took a business college course. Ile enlisted in April, 1917, and was commissioned second lieutenant at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and first lieutenant at Camp Shelby. Ile also was on duty at Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Perry. before embarking from Montreal, Canada, for overseas service. Early in No- vember, 1918, he received a transfer to a fighting unit, and was on his way to the front when the armistice was signed. Although he did not get to participate in the last offensive, he was a witness of the peace celebration in l'aris, and went with the Army of Occupation into Germany, passing through the devastated area at Chateau Thierry and the Argonde Forest. Ile reached Kokomo again on May 10. 1919, having just been discharged from the service.
Deweese. Russell.
Dewitt, Orville S., son of Alvin F. and Zella E. Wilson DeWitt, was born in Tipton Co., lud., June 22, 1899. Ile had his first experience as a soldier when he joined Co. E, of Kokomo, and went to East Chicago, Ind., as a guard at the munition plants; then he went to Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss. Hle was advanced to corporal and bugler. On May 20, 1919, he returned from overseas service.
De Witt, Raymond (., son of Thomas Marion and Mary DeWitt, enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., in June, 1916. and was assigned to Troop L, Third U. S. Cavalry, and sent to France. Ile arrived at Newport News, Sept. 5, 1919, after twenty-one months of foreign service.
De Witt, Rollie Clemens, son of John W. DeWitt, was born Sept. 30, 1897. He enlisted in the army June 18, 1917, and went to France with Co. E. 327th Infantry. Sergeant DeWitt reached New York on the return voyage May 18, 1919, aud was mustered out of service at Camp Upton.
Dick, Earl Il. (35), son of Charles and Mary Dick, was born in Union City, Ind., July 19, 1895. Ilis enlistment in Co. E, of Kokomo. Ind., dated from March 30, 1917, when he was sent to the Calumet district in northern Indiana for guard duty at the munition factories. Ile became ill from exposure in the rain, and was discharged because of physical disability.
Dillman, Clemmie Virgil. Dillman, Garrah.
Dillman, Ishmael Dill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edom G. Dillman, was born in Center, Ind .. April 16, 1895. When he enlisted May 3, 1917, he was rejected. but on Aug. 30, 1918, he was accepted and sent to Camp Custer, Mich., where he was assigned to Co. D, Fourth Machine Gun Battalion, Fourteenth Division. Ile received his discharge Jan. 24, 1919.
Dillman, Lawrence 11. (29), son of Jesse and Grace B. Dillman, was born in Howard Co., Ind., June 15. 1889. In order to enter the National Army March 30, 1917, he was given an honorable discharge from the National Guard. and was stationed for a time at Camp Shelby, Miss., where he was assigned to Bakery Co. No. 303. On Sept. 16, he was transferred to Camp Mills, L. 1., advanced to corporal, and soon after embarked for France.
Dillman, Ward D., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edom G. Dillman, was born in Center, Ind., Sept. 10, 1897. lle had enlisted in the National Guard, but at the time transfers were made, he was taken into the National Army, and made a corporal in Co. A, Tenth Battalion, Chelsea Pier, W. 20th St., No. Fifty U. S. Guards. Soon after his discharge, he re-enlisted for another year.
Dillon, Edward (76), son of James A. and Anna J. Dillon, was boru Oct. 21, 1894, at Anderson, Ind. His wife is Laura Marie Bennett Dillon, to whom he was married Dec. 6, 1915, at Jeffersonville, Ind. He enlisted in the navy at Indianapolis, Ind .. May 16, 1918, and was stationed on the U. S. SS. "Kingfisher," a mine sweeper. He was released from active duty at Philadelphia, Pa., March 13, 1919, and returned to Kokomo, Ind.
Dillon, James W. E.
Dillon, John A., received his army training as a gunner at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and Fort Sill, Okla. Ile was a member of the Thirty-fifth Division in France, going overseas with Bat. B, 128th F. A.
Dillon, Russell D., was born in Carroll Co .. Ind. Ile was twenty-two years of age when he entered the army. At the time of his discharge at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1919, he was a first class private in Bat. C, Fifty-first Coast Artillery Corps.
Dinwoody, Clyde H. Dinwoody, Henry E. Dirmitt, Edgar Pearl.
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Disinger, Floyd J., was born at Winamac. ind .. Nov. I. ISOS. He enlisted in the navy May 8. 1917, at Chicago, Ill., and after training at Great Lakes. Ill., he was transferred to Philadelphia, Pa. For eighteen months he was in foreign service, and was on duty on the fol- lowing hoats: Connectient, Santiago, and Julia Lucinnbach. His discharge was received at Great Lakes, Ill., March 15, 1919.
Dix, Earl.
Dixon, Walter N. (3), son of B. F. and Amanda Richardson Dixon, was born in Kokomo, Ind., March 31, 1892. He graduated trom the Kokomo lligh School in 1910. On May 12, 1917. he enlisted in the army at Fort Thomas, Ky., and was assigned chief of the finance and ac- connting division, Q. M. C., and assistant to the department quartermaster with headquarters at Chicago. He also had charge of troops which were transferred from one camp to another. and was traveling inspector, and inspector of units of the S. A. T. C. located within the central department. lle was commissioned second lieutenant, and was discharged Dee. 14, 19IS.
Doan, Harry Monroe, son of John and Clara Kingery Doan, was born at Elizabeth, Ind., Sept. 19, 1896. On May 3, 1915, he enlisted in the army, and for two years was on the Panama Canal at Fort Sherman with the First Co., Coast Artillery Corps. Nine months of his naval service was at Newport, R. L. His discharge was granted at Washington, D. C., May S, 1918, with the rating of bugler instructor.
Dobson, William 11. Dodson, Fred. Doerbraker, Jutin -. Donavan, J. C.
Donnatelli, Charles Lawrence, enlisted in the army March 1, 1917, and was ordered to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., where men were trained for base hospital work; later he was sent to the base hospital at Edgewood. Md.
Donneity, Charles Leo, was born March 6, 1807. He entered the army in 1917 and was discharged Feb. 25, 1919, after having served in the Ninth Co., Third Regiment, 159th Depot Brigade.
Dorsey, William, was attached to Co. E, of Kokomo, which became a part of the 152nd Infantry at Camp Shelby, Miss. ITis foreign service began in October. 1918.
Dotterer, Ray, was sent to Purdue University in May, 1918. He was transferred from the training camp at Lafayette, Ind., to the one at Indianapolis, ind., and finally to Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he was assigned to Bat. C, Thirty-sixth Battalion, Field Artillery Replacement Depot.
Douglas, Eart Malone (34), son of Frank R. and Blanche Malone Douglas, was born near Alto, Howard Co., Ind .. July 13. 1900. He was a student in the Kokomo High School when he enlisted in the army on his eighteenth birthday. I'pon arrival at Jefferson Barracks. Mo., he was assigned to Co. A. Seventy-second Engineers, and sent overseas in September, 1918. llis military training was secured at Camp Humphreys. Va., Camp Upton, L. 1 .. and St. Nazaire, France.
Dowdell, Hat Abner, son of Mrs. Minnie Hickman, was born Aug. 11, 1892. 1Ie enlisted in the army at Kokomo, Ind., Feb. 15, 1918 and was ordered for training in the medical corps to Camp Greenleaf, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. After going to France, he was assigned to Camp Hospital No. 41. and advanced to corporal.
Dowden, Jesse C., was born Dec. 28, JAS7, near Kokomo, Ind. He entered the army April 3, 19IS, and went with a company of men to Fort Hamilton, N. Y., and was there assigned to Fort Randolph, Canal Zone, Panama.
Dowe, Fred George.
Downey, Arlie L. (24), son of Omer L. and Mary E. Downey, was born in Kokomo, Ind., July 25, 1899. After completing three years in the high school, he enlisted in the army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio, March 2, 1917. When he had graduated from the school for bakers and cooks, he became chief cook at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, for air Recruit Depot No. 329, Station 2.
Downey, Vonnie, son of Jasper and Snsie Snyder Downey, was born Oct. 26, 1889, at Cassville, Ind. Ilis enlistment in the army began Ang. 15, 1917, at Kokomo, Jud. Ile was ad- vanced to chanffeur, first class, Thirty-fifth Acro Squadron. On March 25, 1919, he was dis- charged at Camp Sherman, Ohio.
Downing. Raymond W. (79), son of Charles and Sarah E. Conwell Downing, was born in Kokomo, Ind. Four days before America entered the war, or on April 2, 1917, he enlisted in the army, and at Fort Thomas. Ky., he was assigned to the Third Infantry, stationed at Eagle Pass.
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Texas. Nov. 11. 1918, he was transferred to the 149th Engineers, Camp Shelby, Miss., and soon after his arrival there, he was ordered to Camp Zachary Taylor. Ky., where he was discharged Dee. 19, 1918, as a member of the 159th Depot Brigade.
Downs, Oliver (68), son of William J. and Sarah Woodball Downs, was born at Anderson, Ind., May 5, 1892. Ile received his diploma from the Kokomo High School in 1911, and his degree from l'urdne University in 1915. He enlisted in the army at Indianapolis, Ind .. and before going to France, he was stationed at the following training camps: Columbus Barracks, Ohio ; Camp Meade, Md. ; Camp Laurel, Md. : Camp Bel Voir, Md. After serving overseas fourteen months, he was returned to New York where he was discharged in July. 1919.
Downs, Roland (85), son of William J. and Sarah Woodhall Downs, was born Dec. 17, 1890, at South Side. Ohio. He graduated from the Kokomo High School in 1910, and from Purdue University in 1915. Enlisting in the radio service at Chicago, 111., April 25. 1918, he was com- missioned second lieutenant. Ilis military record shows that he was on duty at Washingotn, D. C .; Columbia University, New York City: Lake Charles, La .; and Belleville, Ili. He was dis- charged Dec. 14, 1918.
Dransfelt, Fred.
Droke, Chester Arthur (22), son of Harvey C. and Martha Droke, was born in Carroll Co., Ind., Jan. 15. 1897. Ilis home was in Kokomo, Ind., but he enlisted at Marion. Ind., April 12, 1917, and was sent to Boston, Mass., for training before going to France in August. 1918, with Bat. C, Tractor Artillery Replacement Division, First Army. Ile came home on the U. S. SS. "Lonisiana," and was sent to Camp Upton. L. I. His discharge was issued at Camp Sherman, Ohio, Feb. 7, 1919. Ilis last assignment had been with the Fifty-ninth Artillery. Camp Upton. L. I.
Droke, David Russell (30), son of Harvey and Martha Proke, was born in Carroll Co., Ind., Aug. 29, 1898. He attended school in Delphi before coming to Kokomo, but he enlisted at Marion, Ind., and was sent to Fort Strong. Boston, Mass,, where he was attached to Bat. B. Fifty-fifth Coast Artillery Corps. Landing in France March 6, 19IS. he was soon sent to the front lines, where he fought for sixty-one consecutive days of such sectors as Chateau Thierry and Verdun. Suffering from the effects of shell shock, he became completely paralyzed on one side, but even in such an extremity he kept on fighting, although at one time he had the use of only one hand. lle was sent to the hospital at Plattsburg, N. Y. ; then to Cape May, N. J., and Fox Hill, N. Y. Ile received a complete disability discharge and returned to Kokomo, Ind., Aug. 23, 1919. Ilis service had been with the Twenty -sixth or famous "Yankee" Division.
Drumin, Russell Jay (9D, son of Frank M. and Nellie Miller Drumm, was born in Peru, Ind., Oct. 18, 1896. Ile attended school in Pern, and the Utah Military School, Ogden, Utah. His parents live in Kokomo, Ind., but he enlisted at Jackson, Ky., for the first O. T. C. at Fort Benjamin Harrison, and was commissioned second lieutenant in August, 1917; the next five months were spent at the Louisville cantonment training recruits: then he was sent to the Brown- ing Machine Gun School at Camp Hancock. Ga. Upon completion of that course he was ap- pointed instructor and promoted to first lieutenant. Ile had been recommended for a captaincy when the armistice was signed. His discharge was received in December. 191S.
Dufendach, Harold E. (67), son of E. C. and Caroline Troyer Dnfendach, was born at Huntingburg, Ind., and completed the high school work there. He was attending Swarthmore Col- lege. Swarthmore. Pa,, when he entered the S. A. T. C., and was in the service from Sept. 12 to December, 1918.
Duke, James Leslie (+), son of James II. and Alice L. Hinkle Dnke, was born in Howard Co., Ind., Dec. 16. 1805. Ile attended high school one year. Upon entering the army Sept. 21. 1917, he was assigned to the 325th F. A., Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., but on Feb. 22, 1918, he was transferred to Co. C, Sixty-fifth Engineers, and sent to Camp Meade, Md. Instead of going overseas as planned, he was changed to the 302nd Battalion, Co. A, Heavy Tank Corps, Camp Colt, Gettysburg. Pa .: then on April IS he was made a member of a casual company, and ou May 1 transferred to the light tank corps, and promoted io sergeant. When he was commis- sioned second lieutenant on Ang. 22, he was assigned to Co. B. 305th Battalion, Heavy Tank Corps. He had reached Camp Polk, N. C., on his way to France when the armistice was signed just one-half hour before the time set for sailing. lle was given his discharge at Camp Greene. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 2, 1919.
Dumoulin, Edward J. (21), son of Ferdinand J. and Mary C. Dumoulin, was born in Kokomo, Ind .. April 5. 1898. lle enlisted in the army May 10, 1917, and was among the earliest of the Americans to go on the firing line. He was with the First Division in the following engagements : Sommerville sector, Oct. 21 to Nov. 20; Ansauville sector, Jan. 15, to April 3;
ORVAL B. DAILEY
WILTON HOMER BISHOP
GUY GARSHWILER
WILLIAM F. WHEATLEY
PAUL V. WOOLLEY
DONALD A WOODS
ALEXANDER KLEIN
LEROY RUSSELL
HOWARD ROSS VANBIBBER
FRED. L. BROWN
CHESTER ARTHUR DROKE
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Cantigny, April 25 to July 7: on this front he was gassed and sent to the rear; St. Mihiel, Sept. 12 and 13; Argonne-Meuse, Oct. 1 to 12; operations against Mouzon, Nov. 7 and S; march on Coblenz Bridgehead, Germany, Nov. 17 to Dec. 15, 1918. He did not return home until late in 1919, as the First Division troops were kept in Europe longer than other soldiers.
Dumnett, Edgar P.
Duncan, Clarence G. (20), son of Il. C. and Laretta Duncan, was born in Tipton Co., Ind., March 9, 1897. He entered the army at Kokomo, Ind., Sept. 5, 1918, and was in training at both Camp Zachary Taylor and Camp Knox, Ky., as a truck driver for Headgrs. Co., Seventieth Regi- ment, Eleventh Division, until his discharge Feb. 7. 1919.
Duncan, James Butler (34), son of Isaac 1, and Margaret Edgington Duncan, was born in Bryantsville, Ky., June 1, 1894. After bis enlistment in Kokomo, Ind., April 26. 1918, he was sent to the following camps: Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky .; Fort Oglethorpe, Ga .; Camp Lee, Va .; and Valdahon, France. Ile landed overseas the day after the armistice was signed, but as his work was in the medical department, he was placed on duty at Camp Hospital No. 12. Hle was discharged July 12, 1919.
Duncan, Virgil Glen (16), son of Omer C. and Rosa Duncan, was born in Kokomo, Ind., May 14, 1892. He graduated from the Kokomo Iligh School iu 1913. On Juue 5. 1917, he en- listed in the Regular Army, and was assigned to Bat. C, Nineteenth F. A., Fifth Brigade, Fifth Division. Sergeant Duncan attended the third O. T. C. at Leon Springs, Texas, and was com- missioned second lieutenant June 1. 1918; later he attended the Officers' School of Fire at Fort Sill, Okla. Ile was discharged early in 1919.
Dunegan, Ernest, was seriously wounded Nov. 1. 1918, and sent to Base Hospital No. 44, Ward 4.
Dungan, Frank Fudge (56), son of Robert E. and Adah E. Fudge Dungan, was born in Kokomo, Ind., April 17, 1895. Ilis wife is Sadie A. Waldron Dungan. On Aug. 15, 1918, he was sent to the Mechanical Training School at Indianapolis, Ind., but was transferred to the First Recruit Squadron of the Air Service, Detroit, Mich. At the close of the war, he was acting sergeant, and had been recommended for the O. T. C. He received an honorable discharge Jan. 22, 1919.
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