Benton County, Tennessee Genealogy

World War I

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Ernest H. Fry
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Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: April 26, 1918, Camden, TN
Branch of Service: Army
Served in the United States of America
Awarded: World War I Victory Medal
Discharged at Sheffield, Alabama; January 15, 1919

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Hal H. Fry
Right

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Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: September, 1917; Huntingdon, TN
Branch of Service: Army
Discharged at Camp Gordon, Georgia
Rank: Regimental Sergeant Major
Served: 18 Months

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Jesse A. Jordan

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Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: July 18, 1918; Shelby, Mississippi
Served in the European Theatre of Operations
Awarded: World War I Victory Medal
Served: 13 Months
Rank: Private First Class
Discharged at Atlanta, Georgia

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Fred Bryan Loveall

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Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: October 25, 1918; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Branch of Service: Company C, 384td Infantry
Served in European Theatre of Operations
Awarded: Victory Medal, Overseas Medal
Served: 14 Months
Rank: Private

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Thomas C. Wilson

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Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: December 3, 1917; Camden, TN
Branch of Service: Army, Company E., 307th Ammunition Train
Served with American Expeditionary Forces in France
Awarded: Purple Heart, Victory Medal
Served: 15 Months
Wounded in Action at Verdun, October 7, 1918

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Fred H. Presson

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Group Photo: Personnel of 12th Photographic Section before Dark Rooms
in Pitit Maulon, France 1918. Second from right in back row is Fred H. Presson

Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: January 14, 1918; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
Branch of Service: Army
Served in European Theatre of Operations
Engaged in Meuse-Argonne Battle
Awarded: Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Medal
Served: 29 Months
Rank: Sergeant First Class
Discharged at Mitchell Field, Long Island New York
Sailed overseas, July 1918 and returned to United States June 1919

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Fred H. Saunders

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Address: Camden, TN
Entered Service: November 28, 1917; Camp Gordon, Georgia
Branch of Service: Army
Served in European Theatre of operations
Engaged in Chateau Thierry, St. Mihiel, Argonne
Awarded: Good Conduct Medal, Victory Medal
Served: 19 Months
Rank: Private First Class
Discharged at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
The escort battleship, Muldiva, was sunk by German Subs
on May 17, 1918, while enroute to France. Forty-eight lives
were lost

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Garland B. Utley

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Enlisted: July 10, 1918; Memphis, TN
Branch of Service: Army, Coast Artillery Corps, Second Company
Trained at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; Fort Barrancas, Florida;
Fort McRae, Florida, guarding entrance of Pensacola Bay
from Gulf of Mexico. Sent to shipyards at Pensacola and
guard duty at Fort Pickens, Florida
Rank: Corporal, September 9, 1918, sergeant, September 8, 1918
Discharged at Camp Forrest, Georgia, December 28, 1918

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Russell Davis

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Taken during World War1

Submitted by

Betty Davis

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John C. Malin

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Address: Holladay, TN
Entered Service: July 24, 1918; Camden, TN
Branch of Service: Army
Served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France
Served: 14 Months
Rank: Private
Discharged at Camp Gordon; Georgia

This information was generously contributed by
E.J. Sims

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