1919 World War
Service Records, 1st Group - A

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1. ABERCROMBIE, BART Electrician Windsor, Ill. "San Diego" and "Pocahontas"

Electrician; son Robert and Lucinda Abercrombie: born Apr. 16, 1898: enl. Cedar Rapids, Ia., May 1, 1917: sent Brooklyn, assigned 'cruiser "San Diego" Jan. 8, 1918. mak- ing 5 trips on convoy duty ; cruiser torpedoed and sunk but attacking sub. was also sunk ; Abercrombie picked up and landed at Hoboken; later made about 14 trips across on Pocahontas. Dis. Nov. 1, 1919.
2. ABNEY, M. D. 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, Ill. F. A. Replacement

Born July 11, 1890; son Albert G. and Gertrude Abney, Harrisburg, Ill.; enl. Field Art. Officers' Training School, C. Taylor, May, 1918; commissioned Aug., 1918; served in F. A. Repl. as Adjutant at C. Taylor, Ky., with rank of 1st Lieut. Dis. Feb., 1919.
3. ADAMS, RAY V. Private Shelbyville, Ill. Engineer Corps

Enl. Sioux City, Iowa, April 14, 1916; service during period of war was mainly in Hawaiian Islands; son of F. M. and Fronie Adams, Shelbyville.
4. ADAMSON, GLEN S., Lieut. Moweaqua, Ill. Co. L, 60 Inf., 5th Div.

Enl. Oct. 8, 1917, Co. C, 130 Inf., Sullivan: trained C. Logan 5-1/2 mos. ; promoted Cpl., then Sgt. : sailed May 16, 1918; service with Australians and English May 24-July 31; left Regt. to attend Army Candidates' School. Langres, France; commissioned 2nd Lieut. Inf.; assigned Co. L, 60th Inf., 5th Div.; wounded Oct. 14 in Argonne ; hospital 36 days; assigned Co. F, 56 Pioneer Inf., Coblenz ; at- tended A. E. F. Univ., Nancy, France: sent to C. Ponten- ezen, Brest, France. Dis. Oct. 30, 1919, C. Dix, N. J.
5. AICHELE, WM. F. Candidate Shelbyville, Ill. Field Art., C. O. T. S.

Born 1885, Shelby Co., Ill.; in Y. M. C. A., Galveston, Tex. before enlisting: son of Mrs. C. M. Aichele ; employed Shelby County State Bank; enl. Nov. 7, 1918, Shelbyville; attended Field Art. C. O. T. S. at C. Taylor, Ky., until armistice. Dis. Dec. 5, 1918.
6 ALEXANDER, EZEKIEL H., Corporal

Mattoon, Ill. Battery E, 4 Corps Art.

Son S. R. and Flora Alexander; enl. June 1, 1918, Mat- toon ; sent Jefferson Bks. ; trf. C. Jackson, S. C. ; trf. C. Wadsworth, S. C., and on Aug. 30 to C. Merritt, N. J. : sailed Sept. 3 ; landed Manchester, Eng. ; sent to Toul, France; on firing line until armistice; participated in Meuse-Moselle operations; assigned Army of Occupation. Dis. C. Grant, July 8, 1919.
7. ALDAY, DONALD Private Shelbyville, Ill. U. S. Marines

Son Mrs. Annie Alday, Shelbyville, Ill.; enl. Mattoon, July 17, 1918; sent to St. Louis, trf. Paris Island, S. C.; served in Cuba during period of the war.
8. ALDAY, ONIE L. Corporal Shelbyville, Ill. U. S. Marine Corps

Son Mrs. Annie Alday, Shelbyville, Ill.; enl. Mattoon, July 17, 1918; sent to St. Louis, trf. Paris Island, S. C. ; sent to Cuba and remained until close of war.
9. ALFORD, GLOVER E., Wagoner Shelbyville, Ill. Sup. Co. 370, 93 Div.

Born Apr. 26, 1897, Mitchellsburg, Ky.: son Mary Alford, Shelbyville: chauffeur; enl. Dec. 19, 1917, Decatur, Ill.; trained 4-1/2 mos. Jefferson Bks. and C. Logan; sailed New- port News, May 14, 1918; firing line 5 mos.; Argonne, Somme, Verdun, Champagne, Soissons, Belleau Woods; outfit cited by Col. Roberts. Dis. Jefferson Bks., Feb. 25, 1919.
10. ALLEN, RAY ELMER Cook Stewardson, Ill. Co. B, 122 M. G. Bn.

Born Nov. 17, 1893, Stewardson, Ill.; farmer, son Rolit. Allen; enl. May 30, 1917, Shelbyville: assigned Co. K, old 5th Ill. Inf.; trained one year; sailed New York, May 10, 1918: landed Brest, France; Somme Offensive, Albert Front, Verdun Sector, Meuse-Argonne Offensive ; Army of Occupation; outfit reed. 2 Croix-de-Guerre and 2 D. S. C. Dis. C. Grant, June 2, 1919; disability.
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1. ANDERSON, CLARE E. Private Windsor, Ill. Co. I!, 131 Inf., 33 Div.

Son Mr. and Mrs. John II. Anderson, Windsor; enl. Tune 27, 1918, Clinton, Ill.: sent C. Gordon, Ga. ; tfd. C. Merritt, X. .[., July 15; sailed July 23, 1918; landed England, sent to France with 330 Inf., Co. I; in hospital, influenza ; tfd. Co. 11, 131 Inf.; gassed; sent gas hospital Xo. 3, then to Base Hospital Xo. 52, then Kase Hospital Xo. 58; hospital

3 mos. ; landed U. S. June 15. Dis. C. Grant.

2. ANDERSON, HENRY A. Private Windsor, Ill. Co. H, -16 Inf.

Son Mr. and Mrs. John H. Anderson, Windsor; enl. lime 1, 1918, Clinton, Ill.; sent Ft. Thomas, Ky. ; tfd. C. Sheri- dan, Ala. ; assigned 46th Inf. Co. H ; trained 9 mos. Dis. Feb. 14, 1919, at C. Grant.

3. ANDERSON, LOUIS T. Private Stewardson, Ill. Hdq. Co., 332 F. A., 86 Div.

Born Stewardson, 1895; son Andrew and Isabel Anderson; teamster; enl. Chicago, Sept. 5. 1917; sent C'. Grant; trained one year; sailed Xew York, Sept. 17, 1918; landed Liverpool; sent Le Crounea. France, for further training'; Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 28, 1919.

4. ANDERSON, THOMAS Private Xeoga, Ill. Co. C', 5 M. C.. Bn., 2 Div.

Enl. May 27, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent C. Shelby; trained 4 mos.; sent France Oct. 2, 1918, and there assigned to 5 Machine Gun Bn. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 15, 1919..

5. ANDES, CHARLES SCOVIL Corporal Shelbyville, Ill. Co. H, llth Regt. Marines

Born Oct. 14, 1897; son A. J. Andes and wife, Shelbyville; enl. July 26, 1918, Chicago; sent Paris Island, tfd. Quan- tico, Va. ; trained 2 mos.; sailed Oct. 16, 1918, Ilolioken ; landed Brest; finished training Gievres, France; made Cp!. Oct. 22, 1918; ordered to front, but armistice prevented service under fire. Dis. Aug. 11, 1919, Hamilton Roads. Va.

6. ANNIN, BERT N. Private Mattoon, Ill. 4th Co., Coast Artillery Corps

Born Dec. 28, 1879, Oakland, Ill.; son David Henry An- nin; farmer; enl. April 22, 1917, Mattoon; C. A. C'. ; assigned 8th Co., Fortress Monroe, Va., trf. June 18, 1917, to 4th Co.; sailed June 19, 1917; landed San Juan, P. I.. June 23, 1917; finished training, 4th Co. C. A. C.. Cristo- bal, Canal Zone; rammer on 14-inch gun. Dis. C. (irant. June 14, 1919.

7. ANNIN, JESS O. Sergeant Mattoon, Ill. Co. A. 7th Amm. Train

Born 1896, Hindsboro, Ill. ; son Mr. and Mrs. D. H. An- nin; farmer; enl. April 27, 1917, Mattoon; C. A. C. ; as- signed 3rd Co., Fortress Monroe, Va. ; trf. July 22, 1917, to Btry. C, F. A., 7th Div., Camp Robison, Wis. ; trf. April 21, 1918, to Co. A, 7th Amm. Tr., Camp McArthur, Texas; made Cpl. Aug. 1, 1918, at Camp McArthur, pro- moted to Sgt. Feb. 13, 1919, at Jazainville, France; sailed Aug. 18, 1918; trained Camp De Meucon as truck driver; injured in auto accident at Nancy, France, April 23, 1919; returned with 7th Div. Dis. C. Grant, July 2, 1919.

8. ARNOLD, OTTO J. Private Shumway, Ill. Co. C, 9th Amm. Train

Born Nov. 17, 1893, Shumway; son Fred and Annie Ar- nold; married Electa Largent, dau. Daniel and Mary Lar- gent, Clarksburg, 1918; farmer; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelby- ville; assigned to 159th Depot Brgd., Camp Taylor; trf. to Co. C, 9th Amm. Tr., Camp McClelland; in training 5J/2 mos.; in hospital, influenza. Dis. C. McClelland, Dec. 11, 1918.

9. ARTERBURN, HARRY Private Shelbyville, Ill. 160th Depot Brigade

Enlisted Shelbyville, Sept. 5, 1918; sent Camp Custer ; served there until discharged in summer of 1919.

10. ASKINS, HARLAN L. First Class Private Cowden, Ill. Co. A, 58 Inf., 4 Div.

Born July 11, 1894, Cowden, Ill.; son George and Rose Askins, Cowden; brakeman ; enl. Oct. 31, 1917, Shelbyville; assigned Batt. B, 327 F. A., trained 7 mos. C. Taylor, C. Pike, C. Greene; sailed New York, May 6, 1918, on Mol- davia; torpedoed May 23 ; landed Dover, Eng. ; in trenches 49 days ; Battles of Argonne and Chateau-Thierry ; re- turned as a casual. Dis. C. Lee, June 14, 1918.
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1. AULD, FRANK PARKINSON Major Med. Corps Shelbyville, Ill. 130 Inf.. 33 Div.

Born Shelbyville, July 8, 1875; married Catherine A. Price, Jin. 1, 1998, one son, one daughter ; Spanish- American War as private Co. E, 4th Ill. Vol. Inf.; June 17. 1898 to May 2, 1899; commissioned 1st Lieut. M. C. Ill. Nat. Guard, Apr. 15, 1909; Capt., May 3, 1913; border service, 1916-17; re-entered Federal service with 130 Inf. in 1917; promoted Major Surgeon 130 Inf., Jan. 19, 1918; brigaded with British, Somme River, May 24- Aug. 24 ; Somme of- fensive ; Verdun, Meuse-Argonne, etc.; trf. B. H. 27, Oct. 1918; commended for most efficient Hosp. Corps in 33 Piv. ; served in various other posts until return Jan. 20, 1919, on Sierra, Hosp. transport; served Camp Knox, Ky.. as epidemiologist and sanitary inspector, Jan. 31-Aug. 12; trf. Ft. Howard, Md., as commanding officer Post Hosp.

2. AUSTIN, GLEN GEORGE 1st Class Private Shelbyville, Ill. Hdq. Co., 308 F. A.

Born Aug. 3, 1890, Shelbyville. Ill.; son Mrs. Sarah K. Tallman, Shelbyville; tailor; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, C. Dix ; tailor shop overseer at Aberdeen Proving Grounds 7 mos. ; trained lOJ'i mos.; sickness prevented going overseas with 308 F. A. His. Mch. 15, 1919, C. Taylor. Was rejected for aviation at Rantoul previous to this enlistment.

3. AYARS, HALDON B. Private

Moweaqua, Ill. Tr. School, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born 1895, Moweaqua, Ill.; banker; enl. June 14, 1918, Shelbyville, Ill. ; army ; assigned Motor Mechanic School, Kansas City, Mo. ; made Sgt. and qualified as expert truck man ; tri. to Training School at Pittsburgh, Pa. ; trained for bandmaster. Dis. Dec. 11. 1918, at Pittsburgh, Pa. First adjutant of Remann T. Harlan Post. American Le- gion, Moweaqua.

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