|
Namon Levi Adkins
|
Rank: Tec4
Unit: US Army
Additional Info:
Submitter: Namon
Lewis Adkins II |
| Lewis Claude Angel |
Submitter: WAYNE B. ANGEL
His Rank: PVT.1ST CLASS
His Unit: NOT KNOWN
Additional Info: MOTORCYCLE MESSENGER STAYED IN FRANCE FOR 8MONTHS AFTER WAR WAS OVER |
|
Jose Arbona
|
Submitter: Helen Muguire
His Rank:
soldier
His Unit:
Additional Info: He was born
in Cuba, he was the first Cuban to volunteer in WWI |
|
Guy L Bainter |
Submitter: DUSTY BAINTER
His Rank:
PRIVATE
His Unit: Co M 4 Infantry ONG (Co M 166
Additional Info:
Co M 4 Infantry ONG (Co M 166 Infantry) to 26 Jan 1919; Machine Gun Company 340 Infantry to Discharge Private Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector. Wounded In Action slightly 29 July 1918. Also Wounded In Action 23 Sept 1918. American Expeditionary Forces 29 Oct 1917 to 2 Apr 1919. Honorable discharge 26 Apr 1919. |
|
Noah Albert Baird
|
Submitter: Phyllis Pagel
His Rank: Private
His Unit:
Additional Info: Born Jan.11,1894 - Died April 17,1975
|
| Roscoe E Baird
|
Submitter: Jim Scott
His Rank: CPL
His Unit: MTC
Additional Info: The above information is from Roscoe Ernest Baird Grave Stone in the Woodlawn Cemetery Back Hillside Section in La Follette, TN. Roscoe was born Aug 12,1895 and died in Feb 12, 1950. |
|
Elmer
Escho Ballard
|
Submitter: Joe
C Mc Neeley
His Rank:
His Unit:
Additional Info: born Campbell Co. 21 Aug 1895 died
Springfield, Baca Co. CO 8 Sept 1953 |
|
William Bell
|
Submitter: Ron Barwell
His Rank:
Corporal
His Unit:
Additional Info: He came from Library, PA |
|
Clemente Boccia |
Submitter: Sharon Boccia
His Rank: Private
His Unit: not sure
Additional Info: This man was my
great-grandfather. Clemente, his wife Ollie, and children lived in La
Follette, TN. He died of pneumonia while fighting in World War 1.
|
|
Preston
Taylor Broyles
|
Son of George
David Broyles Newcomb,Tenn
Military Unit:
Pvt. in World War 1 served in France in 1918
Died: Nov.1990
in W. VA
Married: Married
Mayreese Queener from Newcomb Tenn.in 1919
Submitter: Martha Ann Broyles Snyder |
|
John
S Carroll
|
Military Unit:
Private 1st Class with Co. B 105th Engineers U.S
Army
Died: In La Follette,
TN in 1976
Submitter: Don Carroll |
| Thomas Henderson
Chadwell |
Submitter: Thomas
Chadwell
His Rank: PVT
His Unit: Co. E 309th Inf. 78th
Div.
Additional Info: Served in France from 1918 to 1919
|
|
Rev.
Elmer M. Cox
|
Submitter: Helen
L. Smith Hoke
His Rank:
His Unit:
Additional Info: b. 10/22/1891
d. 1/21/1958
Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery. |
|
Maynard
Cummings
|
Submitter: Phyllis
Hatfield
His Rank: private
His Unit: 79 division
Additional Info: served in france. |
|
Hobert Davis
|
Submitter: Eugene Davis
His
Rank: private
His Unit: ?
Additional Info: He was wounded by a
tractor pulling a caison while marching to ship to go to war. he was in
the Walter Reed hospital. He was my daddy |
|
Robert
Debinder
|
Submitter:
Logan Debinder
|
| Lewis A. Foley (Folli)
|
Submitter: Bob Foley
His Rank:
unknown
His Unit: unknown
Additional Info: |
|
Byrd
Dewey Ford
|
Submitter:
Belinda Burden
His Unit: F2
US Navy |
|
Harrison
T. Ford
|
Submitter: Belinda Burden & Marion D. Ford
Rank: Corporal
Unit: Co E 166 Infantry,
Co.E rainbow division
Additional Info:
died dec.29 1960,lafollette tenn |
| W. E . Gibson |
Submitter: James E Gibon
His Rank:
capt
His Unit: 17th, us field artilltery
Additional Info: died
1918 born Gibson Station Va. |
| Benjamin Franklin Holman
|
Submitter: Karen Robertson
His Rank:
Sergeant
His Unit: 17th Field Artillery
Additional Info: Ben was
born 18 Dec 1893 in Wooldridge, Campbell Co., TN. He married my
grandmother, Bessie Hartley on 26 Jul 1923. Together, they had six
children: Henry Furman, Willie Iris (my mother), Bessie Marie, Jennie
Hartley, John Eller and Florence Loretta. Ben died on 30 Jul 1961 in Fort
Bragg, Cumberland Co., NC; Bessie died on 16 May 1973. They are buried at
the LaFayette Memorial Cemetery in Fayetteville, Cumberland Co., NC. He
was a very special man. |
|
Hobart G Hoskins |
Submitter: Hobart G Hoskins III
His Rank: Private
His Unit: 2nd Tenn National Guard
Additional Info: Joined July 25 1917...also in 55th Depot Bgde and the 120th Infantry...served in
Belgium and France...discharged April 14 1919... |
| Joseph Lee Housley |
Submitter: Floyd L. Owsley
His Rank: PFC
His Unit: Co. M, 117th Inf., 30th Div.
Additional Info:
Joseph Lee Housley, son of Joseph Housley and Martha Cates,was born March
1887 in Tennessee. He was killed in action in France on October 8, 1918.
He was buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton
County, Tennessee. |
|
John
W. Jennings
|
Submitter: Helen
L. Smith Hoke
His Rank:
His Unit:
Additional Info: 6/19/1892-8/29/1969
Buried in Oak Grove Cemetery |
|
Wilford
King
|
Submitter: Dennis
W. King
His Rank: private
His Unit: US Army
Additional Info: Born in Wooldridge, Campbell County,
TN in 1894, son of Joel King and Emily Davis King.
He died in Rock Springs, Wyoming in 1935 .
|
| Thomas Rosco Kirkland |
Submitter: Tom Petitt
His Rank:
His Unit: unknown
Additional Info: He fought in the trenches and was a victim of mustard gas. Spent a year in the hospital when all his skin
peeled off. The other 7 men in his trench did not have their gas mask and they died. |
| James Henry Lawson |
Submitter: J.H. Lawson
His Rank:
Private
His Unit: 314th Infantry, 79th Division
Additional Info:
Served from 4-26-1918 to 6-4-1919. Fought at Montfaucon in the Meuse- Argonne offensive as a machinegunner. Wounded by gas in 1919 and lost the use of one eye and one lung. Earned 2 PHDs in later life and passed away
5-28-1953 in Pennsylvania after raising 4 sons and 2 daughters. |
| Elmer George McNeil
|
Submitter: Carolyn Mc Neil
Brantley
His Rank: Pvt.
His Unit: Co.C
Additional Info:
Elmer Mc Neil was son of Martha(Obedia)Owens&William Ashby Mc Neil.
He Married Laura Miller,and they had 6 children,E.George,died at
birth,Helen lois,Patricia ann, William Earl,Walter Benny&carolyn Dale
|
| Henderson L Miller |
Submitter: Marvin H Miller
His Rank:
Corporal
His Unit: Troop A, 6th Calvary
Additional Info: Born 24
Sep 1915 in Campbell Co, TN.
enlisted 17 Oct 1940.
Sharpshooter w/ carbine and rifle.
Armored Car Driver.
EAME Theater (Europe)Ribbon w/ 5 Bronze Stars
- Battles at Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe and
Ardennes. Arrived back in USA 3 July, 1945. Date of Seperation 8 July,
1945. |
|
Sterling Miller
|
Rank:
Unknown
Unit: US Army, 6-cement mills co.asc
Additional Info: my address is 340 butter/egg rd. Jacksboro,Tn.
Sterling was my uncle,son of Lewis Miller, brother
of John Henry Miller
Submitter: J.C. Miller |
|
Joseph Mynatt Nelson
|
Rank: Corporal
Unit: US Army
Additional Info:
Submitter: Suzanne
M. Pratt |
|
Isaac Romines
|
Name: Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Private
His Unit: Co C, 47h Infantry
Additional Info: Enlisted; RA Camp Green, NC
Feb 15 1918
Born; La Follette, Tenn
Age; 25 7/12 years
Organization; Co C 47 Inf to June 26 1918
Cas Camp #1 Camp Green, NC to
Dec 24 1918; 3 Co Dev Bn #1 to
Discharged. Pvt
Hon Disc M; Jan 18, 1918
|
|
Henry
Martin Rookard
|
Name: Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Corporal
His Unit: Co L, 6th Infantry
Additional Info: He is the son of William Franklin
ROOKARD and Catherine
Louisa Elizabeth HOLMAN, b 24 Jul 1897 Woolridge,
CCT.
He married Martha
Mamie Justice, 3 Nov 1923, McDowell Co, WV. Mamie
died 18 Oct 1935. They had 5 children. [What he
never knew was that he married the gg g'daughter
of the Fifer that was immortalized in the painting,
"The Spirit of 1776".]
My grandfather died
in his sleep at the home of my parents; Elk Neck,
Elkton, Cecil County, MD on 8 Jul 1975.
He is buried in Gilpin
Manor Memorial Park along with my father.
|
|
William K. Rose
|
Name: Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Sgt.
His Unit: Hq Co. 3 AS Mec Regt
Additional Info: La Follette, Tenn
Enlisted; RA Ft Thomas, KY
Dec 12 1917
Born; La Follette, Tenn
Age; 27 11/12 years
Org; Hq Co 3 AS Mec Regt
to disch.
Sgt Apr 28 1918
OS; July 9 1918 to Feb 9 1918
Hon Disch; Feb 21, 1919
|
|
William M. Rose
|
Name: Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Private
His Unit: Co M co. 137-11
Additional Info: RFD 1 Jellico, Tenn
Enlisted; RA Ft Oglethorpe, Ga.
June 5 1918
Born; Jellico, Tenn
Age; 21 11/12 years.
Org; M co 137-11C Sn Tn to discharge.
Pvt
OS; Sept 25 1918 to Apr 27 1919
Hon Discharge; May 13 1919
|
|
Dave
H. (D.H.) Rosier
|
Submitter: Dreighton
Rosier & Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Private
His Unit: Battery F 319 FA
Additional Info: Born 1896 in Newcomb. Fought
in the Battle of the Ardenne Wood. I believe
Dad said he was with the Big Red One. After
the war, he travelled a bit with the Red ? Chappaqua.
Newcomb, Tenn
Enrolled; Jacksboro, Tenn
Sept 20 1917
Born; Newcomb, Tenn
Adm; 21 5/12 years.
Organization; Btry F 319 FA to Oct
14 1917; MD 115 VA to disch.
Pvt
OS; June 4 1918 to Mch 28 1919
Hon Disch; Apr 14 1919
|
|
Joseph
Cecil Rosier
|
Submitter: Dreighton
Rosier & Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Unknown
His Unit: CAC Ft. Momal VA.
Additional Info: Born 1902 in Newcomb. Dan
entered the Army at age 14. He probably wanted
to follow his brother Dave, who was 6 years older.
Dad was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone.
Enrolled; RA Ft Oglethorpe, Ga.
Apr 2 1917
Born; Newcomb, Tenn.
Age; 16 10/12 years.
Org; CAC Ft. Momal, Va. To _ _
S Co CAC Ballow Ft Amador CZ
to discharge.
F;
Hon Disch; Feb 151 1918 SOD
Was reported 3 1/8 percent disabled on date of discharge in view of occupation. |
|
Thomas Rosser
|
Name: Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Private 1st Class
His Unit: Battery D 18 CAC
Additional Info: La Follette, Tenn
RA Colombus Bkn. OH
Oct 28 1914
Born; Scott Co, Tenn
Age; 21 years
Org; 17 Co CAC Ft Washington MD
to Jan 8 1919; 4 Co CAC Ft Mills to
Aug 17 1917; 10 Co CAC Manila Bay
to Nov 14 1918; Btry D 18 CAC to discharge
Pvt 1 cl Nov 19 1917; Corp July 1 1919;
Pvt Sept 9 1918;
Pvt 1 cl Dec 1
1918
Hon Disch; June 4 1920 abolishment Of RA Reserves
|
|
Marion Rown
|
Name: Debra
Rookard
His Rank: Private 1st Class
His Unit: MD to discharge (possibly guartineed because of flu epidemic of 1918)
Additional Info: Morley, Tenn
Enl; RA Ft Thomas, Ky
May 17 1918
Born; Whitley Co, Ky
Age; 18 10/12 years.
Org; MD to disch.
Pvt 1 cl Feb 1 1919
Hon Disch; Sept 8 1919 |
| Henry Milton Russell
|
Submitter: Vicky Sue Russell
His Rank:
Pvt
His Unit: Co.D 53rd pioneer infantry
Additional Info: died
June 16,1960 at Mtn. home |
|
Walter
Rose Russell
|
Name: Darryl L. Chapman
Rank: Private First Class
Unit: Co. K 34th Eng
Additional Info: He entered the army on May 27,
1918 and was discharged on July 9, 1919. He re-enlisted
in Dec 1920 and was assigned to the 125th CAC, Hickman
Field. He service ended December 1923. |
|
Hiram
Shearer
|
Name:
Betty Baird-Weiss
Additional Info: My grandfather and his brothers
were Veterans from WWI. Visit my web site to see
photos of them in uniform.
Tribute
to Men In Uniform |
|
Thomas H Smith |
Submitter: Tommy Rutherford
His Rank:
His Unit:
Additional Info: Father of Jean Rutherford |
|
Prentice Taylor |
Submitter: Belinda Heartwell
His Rank: E5
His Unit:
Additional Info: Fort Amador 1960 |
| John Estes Thompson
|
Submitter: U.S.Thompson
His Rank: PVT.
His Unit: Co. G , 7th Infantry, 3rd Div.
Additional Info: Buried in The Woodlawn Cemetery,LaFollette. Unknown Living Soldier.See Tribute in Historical Society Musuem |
| George W. Vincent |
Submitter: Ruth Martin
His Rank:
Private
His Unit: unsure
Additional Info: George Vincent was born
in 1894, lived in Jacksboro, Tenn. He was the son of Will and Alice
Vincent. He served in WW1 and is buried in Mt Zion Meth Church,
Jacksboro, Tn |
| David White
|
Submitter: Michael White
His Rank:
His Unit: Co. H 323 Inf
Additional Info: RFD 3 Jacksboro, Tn
Ind; Jacksboro, Tn 10/2/1917, Born in Campbell Co. Tn Age 23 years
Org; Co H 323 Inf to 1/15/1918
QMC to 1/17/1918
Co H 323 Inf to disch.
Ck 6/18/18
Os; 7/31/1918 to 6/13/1919
Hon Disch; 6/20/1919
Born; Campbell Co. Tn
Age; 23 years
Org; Co H 323 Inf to 1/15/1918
q |
|
Samson
Dewey Wilburn
|
Rank: pvt.
Unit: infantry-D & R DEPOT-FRANCE
Additional Info: INDUCTED-26 APRIL 1919-DISCHARGED-9
JUN 1922-BORN-1 AUG 1902, STINKING CREEK ROAD, CAMPBELL
CO., TN. DIED-13 MAR 1966 IN MITCHELLSBURG, BOYLE
COUNTY, KY.
Submitter: m.j.
bryant |
|
Troy Williams |
Submitter: Keith Scott Williams
His Rank: Pvt
His Unit: BTRY B 12 FLD ARTY WWI
Additional Info: My
grandfather Troy Williams Buried in Campbell Cty. Mem. Gardens, father of
my dad Adwell Dewey Williams and his brothers Clyde and Earl.
|
| MIKE WILSON |
Submitter: SEAN WILSON
His Rank: PRVT.
His Unit: CO. B PROV. SUPPLY
Additional Info: |
|
Albert
H. Winn
|
Name:
Julie Wilson
His Rank: Corporal
His Unit: Battery C,6th Field Artillery,
Additional Info: Albert was wounded at the Battle
of the Argonne in October of 1918.He later died
on November 11,1918.He is buried at Arlington National
Cemetery.His grave is located in section 18 grave
H 2056 |
