1919 World War
Service Records, 1st Group - J

7. JACKSON, LEWIS ALBERT Regtl. Sgt. Maj. Shelbyville, Ill. Hq. Co., 130 Inf., 33 Div.

Born Feb. 12, 1894, Lakewood ; bank elk., Shelbyville; married Ruby C. Roessler Apr. 20, 1918; enl. May 17, 1917, Springfield; assigned lied. Dept. 130 Inf.; made Pvt. 1st Cl. Nov. 7, Hn. Sgt. Maj. Dec 28; Regtl. Sgt. Maj. Feb. 25, 1918; trained at Logan; sailed with 33 Div., serving as Regtl. Sgt. Maj. 130 Inf. throughout; Heuse-Argonne, Somme- Amiens, Yerdun, T'ryon, Chateau de Alnois, llarcheville, Riaville, St. Hilaire, Army of Oc- cupation. Dis. C. Grant May 31, 1919.

8. TACKSON, SAM Private Shelbyville, Ill. Hq. Co., 308 F. A.

Born Apr. 16, 1888, Shelbyville; son late Hose and Me- lissa Jackson; enl. Apr. 30, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Dix. X. J. ; assigned Ilq. Co., 308 F. A.; sickness prevented overseas service ; remained C. Dix as canteen worker in C. 16, 153 1). B. Dis. C. Dix, Xov. 13, 1918; disability.

9. TACKSOX, WIll A. Cook Findlay, Ill. Co. C, 130 Inf.. 33 Div.

Born Aug. 15, 1895, Moweaqua; farmer; son John and Lydia Jackson; enl. Aug. 19, 1917, Sullivan; sent C. Lo- gan; sailed Hoboken, May 16, 1918; transport Agamem- non ; landed Hrest ; engagements at Tryon Sector, Somme, Argonne, St. Mihiel, Verdun, battle of llarcheville; ac- tive service from Aug., 1918, until armistice; gassed sev- eral times and in hospital ; eyes badly injured by gas. Dis. C. Grant, May 26, 1919.

10. JARXAGIN, ROBERT L. 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, Ill. U. S. Marines

Son B. E. and Julia F. Jarnagin, Shelbyville; lawyer; enl. May 19, 1917, St. Louis; sent Paris Island; promoted Corp, then Sgt., then 1st Sgt.; went to Quantico, Ya., and attended O. T. C. ; commissioned 2nd Lieut. June, 1918; made 1st Lieut. 2 mos. later; went overseas in Sept.. 1918; served in Judge Advocate's office in France; landed in U. S. in December, 1919.

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1. JESSE, MERL F. 1st Class Private

Fimllay, Ill. 11 K. A., llattcry F, 6 Div.

Born. Mch 16, 1900, Macon Co.; son Wm. Jesse. Find- lay; enl. Decatur, May 16, 1918; sent Jefferson liks. ; as- signed 11 F. A.; in ten days sent C. Doniphan, < >kla. : trfd. C. Mills; sent overseas; landed France, July 13, 1918; sent to firing line Sept. 12; slightly wounded; hospital 10 days; front lines until armistice; Army of Occupation; returned U. S. summer of 1919.

2. JESTER. HOWARD Wll.SON Tower Hill, Ill.

Sergeant 46 Co. Marines Born Oct. 24, 1895, Pana. Ill.; son Mr. and Mrs. I.. W. Jester, Tower Hill; miner; enl. Aug. 1, 1917, St. Louis, in Marines; sent Paris Island, S. C. ; assigned Kxp. Co., Guantanamo Hay, Cuba ; promoted Cpl. then Sgt. at Guantanamo Hay ; returned I". S. on U. S. S. Shawmut ; mine layer. Dis. Norfolk Navy Yard. Apr. 29, 1919.

JOIIXSOX, LEOX Moweaqua, Ill.

Sergeant Co. G. 23 Inf. and 41 Div.

Born Xov. 12, 1892, Moweaqua; son Frank and Kvn fohnson ; farmer; served with Montana Guards on Mex- ican border 1916; enl. Apr. 30, 1917, Ft. Wm. Henry Harrison, Helena. Mont.; assigned Co. I!, 163 Inf., 41 I'iv. ; promoted Cpl., then Sgt.; sailed Dec. 14, Camf

Mills, Long Island, transport Yaterland; landed Havre, France; to I.angress, then Montrichard ; drilled recruits several mos. ; trfd. to Co. G, 23 Inf. June at Chateau Thier

citation for hravery November. 1919

-I. fOHNSON, CHARLES VERNE Private

Moweaqua, Ill. 328 F. A.. 91 Div.

Born Mch. 27, 1891, Moweaqua; son Frank and Eva Johnson, Moweaqua; enl. April 23, 1918, Ryegate, Mont.; assigned 166 D. I!., C. Lewis, Wash.; sailed C. Mills, July, 1918; landed England; sent Havre, France; in trenches 15 days; landed hack in U. S. Apr. 12, 1919, at Camp Mills, Long Island. Dis. C. Grant, Apr. 23, 1919.

5. IOHXSOX, EARL Mechanic Fimllay, Ill. Batt. D, 327 F. A. 84 Div.

Born 1893, Dalton City, Ill.; son Frank li. Johnson, Findlay; brakeman C. & E. I.; enl. Oct. 3, 1917, Shelby- ville; sent C. Taylor; assigned Halt. D, 327 F. A.; at- tended Motor Instruction School, Kenosha, \\ is. ; instruc- tor at West Point, Ky. ; sailed Iloboken, Sept. 9, 1918; landed Liverpool ; sent C. De Souge, France ; served as mechanic. Dis. C. Grant, Feb. 19. 1919.

6. IOHXSOX, EDLER E. Private Trowbridge, Ill. Co. K, 119 Inf., 30 Div.

Born Apr. 18. 1889, Strasburg ; son Augusta and Andrew P. lohnson; farmer; enl. Feb. 22, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent

C. Taylor; assigned Co. 18, 159 D. B.; trfd. C. Sevier, S. C. ; sailed Boston, May 12; transport attacked by sub- marine; landed Liverpool, May 28, 1918; served on west- ern front; returned U. S. as casual, after operation at hospital. Dis. Feb. 1, 1919, C. Grant.

7. JOHXSOX, ERNEST II. Private Findlay, Ill. 22 Engineers

Born Oct. 16, 1892, Findlay; son J. W. Johnson. Findlay; farmer; enl. June 28, 1918, Shelbyville ; sent C. Taylor; there 3 wks. ; trfd. Ft. Benjamin Harrison ; trfd. C. Up- ton ; sailed Montreal, Aug. 22, on Port Lincoln; landed Liverpool; in action 2 mos.: Meuse-Argonne and St. Mi- hiel sectors as engineer. Dis. July 16, 1919, C. Grant.

8. JOHNSON, GLEN Private Shelbyville, Ill. Co. A, 9th Ammunition Train

Born Mch. 4, 1893, Shelbyville; farmer; son Oliver John- son; enl. Shelbyville, June 28, 1918; sent C. Taylor; trfd. C. McClelland, Ala.; in training 6'/> .mos. Dis. C. McClelland, Aug. 20, 1918.

9. JOHXSOX, LLOYD A. First Class Private Stewardson, Ill. Co. G, 346 Inf., 87 Div.

Born Aug. 22, 1891, Stewardson; son J. A. Johnson, Enid, Okla. ; painter; enl. Oct. 2, 1917, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; assigned Batt. D, 327 F. A., 84 Div.; trfd. C. I'ik'e Xov. 16; trfd. C. Merritt June 19, 1918: sailed June 19, Iloboken, transport Delta; attacked by submarine: landed Liverpool; on front at Meuse-Argonne Oct. 6- Xov. 1 1 : outfit cited ; returned U. S. with 406 Service Park unit. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. 26, 1918.

10 JOHXSOX, WM. GLEX Private

Cowden, Ill. Co. D, 147 Eng.

Born, Xov. 16, 1895, Cowden; brakeman, Clover Leaf R. R. ; son Asa and Margaret Johnson, Cowden ; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer, Mich.; assigned Co.

D. 147 Eng. Dis. Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., Dec. 10, 1918.

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1 JOHNSON, GEORGE ROY Private

Shelbyville, Ill. 6 Regt., Co. 86, Marines

Son Tames W. Johnson, Shelbyville; enl. Chicago few days after war was declared; sent Paris Island, S. C. ; assigned separate Bn. 6 Regt. 86 Co. ; sent hospital for operation which prevented overseas service. Dis. Paris Island, Jan.. 1919.

JOHNSON, GROVER C. Private

Herrick, Ill. 147 Engineers

Enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville : sent C. Custer ; assigned

45 Co.. 12 Bn.. 160 D. li. ; trf. Ft. Benj. Harrison, 147 Kngineers. Dis. early in 1919.

2. TOIINSOX. JAMES P.. 1st Class Private Shelbyville, Ill. Mobile Vet. Section 33d Div.

Born Jan. 25, 1887, Shelbyville; son J. W. Johnson, baker; enl. July 20, 1917, Co. II, Shelbyville; trfd. Dec. 26, Mobile Vet. Sec., C. Logan; sailed Hoboken May 21, transport Leviathan ; attacked by submarine just out of Brest; landed Brest; under fire at Albert, Argonne-Meuse and Sommc ; veterinary work ; returned casual Mch. 30, 1919; sent St. Mary's hospital, Hoboken, then Greenhut Hosp., then Gen. IIosp. No. 21, Denver, for lung treat- ment. Dis. Denver, Sept. 3, 1919; 25 per cent disability.

3. TOHNSON, ROBERT W. Private Shelbyville, Ill. 110 Mobile Vet. Sec., 33 Div.

Born Feb. 22, 1897, Shelbyville; son Tames W. Johnson: enf. with Co. H, Shelbyville, Mch. 22, 1917; sent C. Logan, Oct. 9, 1918; trfd. Mobile Vet. Sec. 110; sailed Hoboken. May 22, 1918; transport Leviathan; attacked by 7 sub- marines 2 hrs. from Brest; transport sank 3 of subs; landed Brest May 30; on Metz front as veterinarian; cared for sick and wounded horses; outfit cited 3 times. Verdun, Metz and Argonne. Dis. C. Grant, June 12, 1919.

4. JOHNSON, ROY WINTON 1st Lieut. Shelbyville, Ill. Medical Corps, Evac. Hosp. 60

Born June 2, 1882, McLean Co, Ill. ; physician and sur- geon ; son Wm. and Elizabeth Johnson, Gibson City, Ill.; enl. June 24, 1918, Chicago, Ill.; commissioned 1st Lieut. Medical Corps July 15, 1918; assigned Evacuation Hos- pital 60, Camp Greenleaf, Ga. Dis. Dec. 28, 1918.

5. JONES, BYRON H. Sergeant Windsor, Ill. Co. C, 307 Field Signal Bn.

Born July 16, 1896, Windsor; son Henry and Myrtle Jones, Windsor; enl. July 14, 1917, Ft. Benjamin Harri- son ; assigned Co. B. 23 Bn. ; trfd. C. Gordon ; sailed Brooklyn. May 19, 1918; Toul sector, July 23 to Aug. 8; Marbache sector Aug. 19 to Sept. 17; St. Mihiel offen- sive Sept. 12 to 16; Meuse-Argonne Sept. 28-Oct 6; Meuse-Argonne Oct. 6 to 31.

6. JONES, DELBERT W. 1st Class Private Strasburg, Ill. Medical Corps

Born Jan. 20, 1893, Cowden ; teacher; son Nelson and Martha Tones, Strasburg; enl. Tan. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Greenleaf, Ga. ; trfd. Ft. Logan H. Root, Ark., Jan. 21, 1918; then to C. Wadsworth, S. C., June 17, 1919. Dis. C. Grant, Aug. IS, 1919.

7. JONES, HENRY W. Radio Operator 1st Class Windsor, Ill. 2nd Regt. U. S. M. C.

Born Sept. 23, 1899, Logan, Ohio: son R. C. Jones, Price, Utah; enl. Mch. 27, 1918, St. Louis; sent Paris Is- land, S. C. ; assigned 23 Co., Marines; promoted Sgt. ; trained as radio opr. ; sailed Charleston, S. C., Dec. 13, 1918, on U. S. S. Kittery; landed Port au Prince, Hayti, Dec. 24, 1918; took part in several engagements of sec- ond Haytian campaign; wounded; returned U. S. with 2 Regt. U. S. M. C. Dis. Philadelphia Navy Yard, Sept. 10. 1919.

8. JONES, WM. E. Private Windsor, Ill. Hq. Troop, 14 Div.

Born Aug. 30, 1891, Effingham, Co.; carpenter; son Har- rison and Mary Jones, Windsor; enl. Sept. 5, 1918, Shel- byville; sent C. Custer; remained there until discharged Feb. 18, 1919.

9. TONES, WM. FLOYD. Private Herrick, Ill. Mobile Vet. Hospital No. 1

Born Feb. 20, 1895, Lovington ; son Riley Jones, dec'd. ; gardener; enl. June 27, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Taylor; trfd. C. Lee, Va., Oct. 1; sailed Norfolk Oct. 13; attacked by submarine ; landed Brest Oct. 26 ; returned U. S. on hospital ship. Dis. Ft. Sheridan, Aug. 27, 1919.

10. JONES, WM. JULIUS Sergeant Tower Hill, Ill. Co. M, 5 Eng. T'r. Regt.

Born, Aug. 16, 1897, Herrick; son Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Jones, Tower Hill; R. R. brakeman ; enl. June 11, 1918, St. Louis ; sent Jefferson Bks. ; promoted Cpl. Sept. 8 ; promoted Sgt. Oct. 14, 1918; appointed company gas in- structor Oct. 15, 1918; trfd. C. Humphreys, Va., June 22. Dis. C. Dodge, la., Jan. 8, 1919.

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1. JORDAN, WM., Private, Findlay, Ill., Railhead Supply Dept.

Born Mch. 12, 1893, Raleigh, Mo.; farmer; son Sarah Cleaver, Oakside, Mo.; employed near Findlav : ml. Sept. 5, 1918, Shelbyville; sent C. Custer; assigned o. M i ., Railhead Sp. Del.; trfd. C. Johnston, Fla., (Jet. 10. Dis. C. (Irani, Dec. 24, 1918. Had previous service in Infantry in island possessions.