RAY, Fred H. service number 3496528, Private 17^th Company, 5^th Reg. 157^th Depot Brigade. Fred H. RAY was born 1 March 1892 at Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. He was inducted into the service 24 June 1918 at Waynesboro. He was honorably discharged on 27 Jan 1919. He married 13 Dec 1927 to Eva BATTLES and had the following children: James who died at 6 months of age; Frances INMAN, Dorothy RICHARDSON, Charles Fay RAY, Kenneth Earl RAY, and Glenda STRICKLIN.

Fred was the son of Eaton and Nancy RAY and had a brother, Frank, (above) who also served in World War I. Fred died 10 Jan 1946 at the VA Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee and was buried at Prater’s Chapel Cemetery, Wayne Co., Tennessee.