Baird, John A., June, 1916. 1st. Lieut., 85th Aero Squadron. Camps Funston, Benj. Harrison. Sailed Italy Sept., 1918. Located at Foggia, Sud., Italy; Tours, Issoudun, France. In action in Toul sector. Army of occupation. Returned with Battalion Gas Officer. 19, same Division, 83rd Div., January 1919. Discharged February 12, 1919. Enlisted Charlton, William, Wooster. 1917. Chemical Warfare Service April, Stationed at Lakehurs proving grounds. Entered O. T. S., completing course week Placed on before armistice was signed. reserve list as Lt. Ret. Dec. 1, 1918, first Wayne county soldier to arrive in Wooster with honorable discharge after war ended. En Compton, William C., Wooster. listed May 21, 1917, 2nd. Lieut., 57th F. A., U. S. A. Camps Stuart, Merritt; overseas April 21, 1918; on front at Brocourt; Returned in also Montfaucon sector. May, 1919. Baumgardner, Harold K., Wooster. Inducted Oct. 4, 1917, sent to Camp Sherman, 158th D. B., then to headquarters, Gas Defense Service, Washington, D. C., later known as Chemical Warfare Service. Served through period of beginning, growth and mustering out of this department. Advanced from private to corporal, Enlisted sergeant First class, and commissioned Davis, Cooper D., Wooster. Sec. Lt., Oct. 7, 1918. Discharged March, Co. D, 8th O. N. G. Service Mexican BorOverseas 1919. der. Sergt. at Camp Sheridan. Beer, Thomas, New York, N. Y. Com- with 146th Inf. Commissioned Lt. Motor missioned Sec. Lt., March 2, 1918. As- Transport Corps April 22, 1919. signed to Shipping and Tonnage Detach-charged Sept. 5, 1919. ment. Sailed for France March 14, 1918. General Staff Headquarters S. O. S. G1. Tonnage Division, April 13, 1918 to June 21, 1918. Transportation Corps, June 22, 1918 to June 24, 1919. Promoted to First Lt. Feb. 23, 1919. Landed New York, June 19, 1919. Dis. June 24, 1919. Blankenhorn, Heber, Lieut. Served in France in special Intelligence service on staff of General Pershing. Re Bonnett, Donald V., Shreve. Sec. Lt., Buchanan, Paul S., Wooster. Enlisted Campbell, W. A., Shreve. Enlisted Co. H, O. N. G., June 25, 1916; served Mexican border. July 15, 1917, Sergt. Co. H, 146th Inf. Commissioned Sec. Lt., Dec. 19, 1917; assigned overseas as battalion intelligence officer, 2nd Bn., 146th Inf. Returned to U. S. Sept. 19, 1918, asFunston. signed 10th Div., Camp stractor 10th Div. school of arms. Jan. 10, 1919. Chalfant, Allan B., Wooster. May 1917. In- Deeds, Charles Ross, Dalton. in Medical Corps. Dis Served EnDouglas, Edward Mark, Wooster. Overlisted June, 1917, Medical Corps. Promoted First Lt. seas June, 1918. Served Verdun, St. Mihiel, Chateau ThierOverseas Enders, Lieut. Gordon W. with Ambulance unit. Entered Am. Aviation School. Fell 2200 Ft. in practice flight. Recovered. ry. Eyler, Lieut. William, Akron. tenant of Infantry. Died." LieuSee "The Men Who Fair, Virgil P., Wooster; inducted Oct. 4, 1917. Sent to Camp Sherman. Transcommissioned ferred to Camp Taylor, Sec. Lt. Farrell, W. F., Wooster. Commissioned En- Flory, Harry R., Wooster. Enlisted ComWarfare Fritz, Charles Millard, Wooster. missioned Sec. Lt., Chemical Service, Washington, D. C. Entered Officers Training | Dec. 16, 1918. ComSchool, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. missioned Second Lieutenant August 16, 1917. Assigned to 330th Inf., Camp SherOverseas June 12, 1918. Stationed at St. Gervais, Sarthe, near Le Mans. man. Funk, Daniel C., Wooster. Enlisted April 8, 1918; course in ordnance field supply, U. of Pittsburg and Camp Han- Gould, Clarence P., Wooster. missioned Ensign in U. S. Navy. Dis. Com Gravatt, Quentin P., Wooster. Commissioned First Lt., Signal Corps at Cleveland, Sept., 1918. En- Haupert, Paul Fredric, Wooster. listed, at Columbus, O., April 1917 Battery C., 134th Field Art., sent to Camp Perry, then to Camp Sheridan. O. T. S., Leon Springs, Texas, commissioned Second Lt., re-assigned to Battery Attended C. Overseas June 23, 1918, served in all engagements of 37th Division. Discharged April, 1919. Hawk, Glenn C., Wooster. Enlisted Hq. Co., 146th Inf. July 21, 1917. Trained Camp Sheridan. May 1, 1918 entered O. T. S., Camp Lee. Commissioned Sec. Lt., May 15, 1918. Reached France June 21; assigned to 303rd Eng.; trans. Sept. 18th to Co. F, 7th U. S. Eng., 5th Div.; First Lt., Nov. 1; army of occupation. Continually at front from Sept. 11 to Nov. 11. Twice cited for bravery and judgment by Major General Eby. good Battalion with 146th Inf., 37th Div. as Adjt. in the U. S. and A. E. F. Left France for U. S. Oct. 16, 1918 as Liaison instructor, attached to Hq. 19th Division. Camp 19 Dodge, Iowa. Dis. Nov. 30, 1918; years 6 months continuous service. Lebo, Clark H., Shreve. Commissioned Sec. Lt. Trans. to O. T. S. from Co. H. Served with 145th Inf. Luccock, Emory Wylie, Wooster. Enlisted Dec., 1917. Great Lakes Naval Tr. Sta. Commissioned Ensign. Became naval aviator, training at Miami, Fla. McAfee, C. E., Wooster. Lieut. (band instructor). O. T. S., Ft. Benj. Harrison. En McLaughlin, Harold N., Wooster. listed February 23, 1918. Entered Naval Auxiliary Training School, Cleveland, March 11, 1918; transferred to Municipal Pier, Chicago. Service on Great Lakes, on Steamer Shenango and Cruiser Gopher. Entered O. T. S., Pelham Bay, August 12, Commissioned Ensign, October 5, 1918. Assigned December 19, 1918 to U. 1918. S. S. Montclair, sailing from New York to St. Nazaire and Rotterdam. Markley, J. Wayne, Wooster. 1st. O. T. S., Ft. Benj. Harrison. Aug. 11, trans. to aviation section of Signal Corps. Dec. 15, 1917 entered ground school, Austen, Texas. Graduated Feb. 2, 1918. Started flying at Kelly Field. Commissioned Sec. Lt., May 9, 1918, assigned as dual instructor, Sept. 17, sailed overseas; instructor advance pursuit school, Issoudun. Returned to U. S. March 18, 1919. Dis. Mar. 20, 1919. Enlisted Maurer, Edgar W., Cleveland. May 12, 1917. O. T. S., Ft. Benj. Harrison. Commissioned Sec. Lt., Aug. 15, Assigned 332nd Inf., Overseas June 8, 1918. Wounded Sept. 13, 1918 in trench mortar accident, Vallezio, Italy. Hinig, Edwin, Wooster. Enlisted Co. Hosler, Ralph, West Salem. Lieut. Dis. May 17, 1919. Millar, J. H., Wooster. Enlisted, Aug. Ice., K. C., Shreve. Lieut. Medical 20, 1918. 2nd. Lieut., F. A. U. S. A. Corps. Camp Taylor. Commissioned and dis. Dec. 11, 1918. Keister, Warren J. Enlisted in Band 8th. Inf., May 22, 1899; appointed princi- Miller, Harry Herbert, Wooster. pal musician Jan. 18, 1903; transferred listed June 1, 1915, Co. D, 8th O. N. G. Ento Co. D 8th. Inf. Jan. 4th, 1915; ap- Overseas with 37th Div., June 15, 1918. pointed Regt. Sergt. Major and transferr- Transferred to A. C. S., Sept. 15, 1918. ed to N. C. S., March 16, 1916; commis- Commissioned Sec. Lt. Nov. 1, 1918, assioned 1st. Lieut. and Battalion Adjutant, signed to Co. K, 60th Inf.; transferred to 8th. Inf. Apr. 13, 1917; mustered into Co. H, 322nd Inf., May 11, 1919. Mexithe U. S. service July 23, 1917; accepted can. bodrer service, Baccarat commission in U. S. arny Aug. 5, 1917, | Meuse-Argonne. Dis. July 9, 1919. sector, . Miller, Roy Charles, Lieut., 332nd Inf., 813 Wooster. 1st. | Camp Funston, Kansas, served there until Pioneer Inf., | August, 1918, transferred to Camp Perry, then to Camp Upton and sent overseas. Promoted First Lt., assigned to 815 Pioneer Inf. Returned to U. S. July, 1919. Camps Ft. Benj. Harrison and Camp Sher, man. Sailed overseas Sept. 14, 1918. At front at St. Mihiel. Reiman, Dr. Harry A., Wooster. ComAp-missioned First Lieutenant in Dental Corps, Nov. 27, 1917. Not called into service. Revenaugh, J. P., Wooster. Enlisted June 26, 1917. Ensign Naval Reserve force, Submarine and Coast Patrol, Newport, R. I. Miller, Walter U., Wooster. Enlisted Co. D, 8th O. N. G., Dec. 1, 1912. pointed Corp. Apr. 1, 1915, Sergt. May 4, 1917; First Sergt. Co. D, 146th Inf., Dec. 10, 1917. Entered 3rd O. T. S. Jan. 5, 1918, Leon Springs, Texas. Commissioned Sec. Lt. June 1, 1918 and assigned to 155th D. B. Camp Lee; trans. Camp Sheridan July 15, 1918, assigned to Co. F, 46th U. S. Inf., 9th Div. Promoted First Lt. Aug. 23. 1918. Dis. Mar. 1, 1919. Norton, Franklin W., West Salem. Com missioned Sec. Lt. Orcutt, Wilbur E., Wooster. Enlisted July 16, 1918. Entered O. T. S. at Ft. Sheridan, Ill. Commissioned Sec. Lt., Sept. 16, 1918. Assigned Camp Zachary Taylor. Dis. Dec. 28, 1918. Palmer, Eugene Stephen, Wooster. Enlisted May 11, 1917. Entered O. T. S., Ft. Benj. Harrison. Commissioned Sec. Lt., July 31, 1917; assigned 329th Inf., 83rd Div., Camp Sherman. Overseas June 10, 1918; promoted First Lt Sept. 5; trans. 26th Div., 302nd Inf., Jan. 1, 1919 instructor in rifle practice. Four months course Rennes university. as Russell, Charles, Wooster. Enlisted Dec. 13, '17. Aviation Dept., Kelly Field, Texas. Sergt. Instructor in Flying Dept. Commissioned Sec. Lt. in April, '19. Dis. June 15, '19. Slutz, Robert F., Wooster. Enlisted, April 1917. 1st. Lieut. Co. I, 166th Inf., Rainbow Division. Commissioned at Ft. Benj. Harrison. Sailed overseas, Sept. 2, 1917. Served in all conflicts of the 42nd Div., and with Army of Occupation. Smith, Thomas L., Wooster. Officers Enlisted Spear, Robert W., Wooster. Columbus Barracks Sept. 22, 1917; asPringle, David P., Wooster. Enlisted signed Co. A, 61st Inf. at Gettysburg, Pa. U. S. Marines June, 1918, transferred to Moved to Camp Green, N. C.; sent to 3rd Marine Flying Corps and sent to ground. T. S. at Ft. Oglethorpe. Overseas school at Boston Tech; rated as gunnery sergt., U. S. M. C.; trans, to Marine Flying Field, Miami, Fla., qualifying as pilot. Retired Dec. 21, 1918. One of youngest flyers in service, aged 19. April 19, 1918; assigned to school and commissioned Sec. Lt. June 1, 1918; assigned 367th Inf. as instructor; trans. Co. E, 54th Inf.; then to Co. G, 18th Inf., 1st Div., joining at Sedan, Nov. 1. Served in army of occupation with Co. C, 354th Inf. Pringle, Samuel W., Wooster. After Y. M. C. A. service, enlisted in Headquarters Co., 146th Inf., in December, 1917. Sent Stark, Julius, Wooster. Lieutenant of to Officers Training School, Field Artil-try, August 1, 1911. Appointed Corporal, Infantry. Enlisted Co. D, Eighth Infanlery and was commissioned Second Lieut. in July, 1918; stationed at Camp Jackson, 8. C. for three months; promoted to First Lieut. in October and placed in command of Battery B, 73rd F. A., under overseas orders when the armistice was signed. Discharged Dec. 6, 1918. Quinby, Edward M., Wooster. Enlisted August 27, 1917. Commissioned Sec. Lieut. Nov. 27; assigned to 324th Inf., Camp Taylor; overseas Aug. 15, 1918; transferred to 120th Inf., 30th Div. Dis. April 18, 1919. Reiman, Russell A., Wooster. Enlisted as Scout Headq. Co. 146th Inf., June, 1916. Served Mexican border. Entered Officers Training School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, commissioned Sec. Lt., sent to Sept. 1, 1913. Honorably discharged and En Stebbins, Rolland Carl, Creston. Stewart, Walter, Wooster. Enlisted Co. Com-mis Swallen, James W., Wooster. sioned Sec. Lt. Overseas with 11th Div. Hq. Harrison, Taylor, Clark Fredericksburg. Inducted July 24, 1918. Sec. Lieut. F. A., U. S. A. Camps Jackson and Taylor. Dis. Jan. 10, 1919. Wright, Andrew, Wooster. Second Yeager, Reed, Wooster. Commissioned Sec. Lt. from West Point before course was completed. Yoder, Homer M. Smithville. Commissioned First Lt. Medical Corps, June 26, 1918. Entered M. O. T. S., Camp GreenOn duty Camp Lee Aug. 20-Sept. leaf. 20. Base hospital, Camp Lee during influenza epidemic. 21, In charge infirmary 1st. Tr. Bn., D. B., Oct. 15-Nov. 20; special duty brigade surgeon's office, Camp Lee, Nov. 20 to Mar. 27, 1919. Dis. Mar. Townsend, Andrew J., enlisted July 4, 1917, at Bluffton, O., sent to Gettysburg, Pa., assigned to Co. F, 7th Reg. Inf. Attended O. T. S., Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., comOverseas April missioned Sec. Lt. 1918, assigned to 51st Reg. 6th. Div., and in Nov. to 166th Inf., 42nd Div. Army of Occupation. Returned to U. S. April, 1919. Vanover, Elmer, Wooster. Commissioned after going to Camp Sheridan with Co. H. Vanover, Jesse S., Wooster. Enlisted June, 1917. Commissioned 2nd Lieut., R. A., No. 309 in France. With Advance Motor Truck Co. overseus; trained at Ft. Benj. Harrison; went overseas Dec. 31, 1917; on various fronts. Headquarters at LeMans and Dijon. Promoted First Lieutenant. Dis. Aug. 1919. Welty, C. Wilbur, Lieut. of Aviation. Killed in action. See "The Men Who Died." White, Hubert C., Wooster. Enlisted May, 1917. 1st Lieut. U. S. Marine Corps. Camps Paris Island, Cuba, Quantico. Overseas Sept. 1918. White, Wilbert W., New York City. Lieutenant in Aviation service. See "The Men Who Died." Wile, Ralph H., Wooster. Enlisted May 6, 1917. Entered Officers Training School, Ft. Benjamin Harrison. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Regular army, November 27, 1917. Assigned to 4th U. S. Inf., Camp Green, North Carolina. Overseas April 6, 1918. In action at Chateau Thierry June 1st, Second Battle of the Marne July 15th, Ainse-Marne offensive July 21-August 5. Promoted to First Lieutenant October 1st, 1918. Returned to United States as instructor. Torpedoed aboard U. S. S. Mt. Vernon Sept. 6th. Discharged December 24th. 28, 1919. Captain-Grover G. McCoy, Wooster. Regimental Sergeant Major-Frank W. Gerlach, Wooster. Sergeant (Intelligence Section)—Rajah W. Bandy, Wooster. Corporal (Regimental Headquarters) -George P. Fisher, Wooster. First Class Private (Orderly Section) -Geo. E. Derr, Wooster. Privates (Orderly Section)-Charles A. Condon, Orrville; Frederick P. Limb, Wooster; Paul M. Robison, Shreve; Roy W. Smith, Wooster; (trans. to Hq. Troop Dec. 1, 1918). Wishard, Frederick B, Wooster. Enlisted Co. D, 146th Inf., January, 1916. Served on Mexican border, went with Co. to Camp Sheridan. Entered O. T. S. at Band Section-Sergeant Bugler, Ralph Leon Springs, Tex., commissioned Sec. S. Stoudenheimer, Wooster; SergeantsLt., assigned 136th Machine Gun Co. Over-Arnold L. Brown, Wooster; Emmet seas June, 1918. Transferred to Military Feasel, Dalton; Corporals-Paul V. Police; Special work because of knowl- Pringle, Wooster; Glenn V. Weiser, Woosedge of French. Discharged July, 1919. ter; Clarence W. Whitemeyer, Wooster; C. Second Class Musician-Devere Kaufman, Corp. Walter H. Stewart. Signal Platoon-Corporal, Fred Foltz, Trench Mortar Platoon-Corporal, Paul K. Weitzell, Wooster; James C. Robison, Wooster. Commis Corp. James C. Robison. Trans. Hq. Co. Corp. Rajah W. Bandy. Trans. Hq. Co., Sergt. Corp. Henry S. Brown. Sergt, First Sergt. Wounded Sept. 30. O. T. S. Oct. 15. Corp. Ross Kistler. Trans. Camp JackCooper Davis. Commissioned son. Corp. overseas. Corp. Willard McComas. Made Sergt. Corp. Frederick B. Wishard. Com Pioneer Platoon-First Class Private- missioned. Mirrel Adams, Easton. Corporal Harry Jolliff. Corp. Ralph W. Johnson. Trans. 112th Sup. Tn. Cook Alonzo VanValien. Trans. Camp Jackson. 4. Cook Edward Imhoff. Mess Sergt. Oct. Cook Arthur Greene. Trans. 308th Eng. Wounded Argonne. Mechanic Forest wounds. Wieser. Died of Mechanic Russell Kerstetter. Wounded, Cierges, Sept. 27. Musician Ralph Stoudenheimer. Trans. Musician John Pahl. Trans. Hq. Co. Brenner, Abraham. Corp., Sergt. Bricker, Harrison J. Corp., Sergt., Sup. Farrell, Charles K. Corp. Trans. St. Trans. 26th Inf. Fulton, Willis M. Trans. Hq. Co. Wounded Argonne. Gaug, John. |