- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- Company E, 166th Infantry, 42nd Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War I
- Years of Service
- 1917 – 1919
- Date of Birth
- 06/04/1894
- Date of Death
- 07/16/1980
- Hometown
- Union, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart, Croix de Guerre (France)
- Burial Location
- Union Twp: Milford Center
- Monument Paver
- Yes — Section D
- Overseas Service
- Loraine, Champaigne, Chateau Thiery, St. Michiel, Argonne, France; Germany
- Township (entering service)
- Union
- Township (current / at death)
- Union
- Church
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio; Caldwell Memorial Methodist Church, Irwin, Ohio
- School
- Union Local High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Decorations
Biography
Overseas service: Loraine, Champaigne, Chateau Thiery, St. Michiel, Argonne, France; Germany. Church: Trinity Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio; Caldwell Memorial Methodist Church, Irwin, Ohio. School: Union Local High School. Enlisted 05/30/1917, Marysville, Ohio; served as hand bomber while on active duty; received shrapnel wounds in right arm and left leg, 07/29/1918; honorably discharged 05/26/1919, Camp Sherman, Ohio; author of book, BILL, THE DOUGHBOY, a story of his personal experiences as a soldier in France and Germany; member of Ralph Berger Chapter, Rainbow Division, Infantry 166, 42nd Division; member of American Legion Post #79 8-26-2011 Certificate of Honorable Discharge removed from file (privacy law) by E Carmany
Source: Veteran form submitted 04/06/2006 by granddaughter, Nancy Gabriel; Recorder's Certificate of Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 2, p. 293; obituary, Marysville Journal-Tribune, 07/17/1980