PVT Ollie Davis

PVT Ollie Davis was born 13 May 1895 in Hollytree, Alabama.  He was the 6th of 9 children born to John Patrick and Wilham Amanda (Berry) Davis. The family farmed and by 1917 Ollie was farming for himself.

Ollie was inducted and designated as a replacement for combat losses. He sailed for France aboard the SS Walmer Castle departing New York City on 20 Jun 1918. We think that PVT Davis was assigned to L Company 116th Infantry sometime between 1 Jul 1918 and mid-September. After the 116th underwent trench warfare training the unit was put into a "quiet" sector for further training. It was shortly after that PVT Davis was wounded and died of his wound(s) on 20 Sep 1918.

PVT Davis was repatriated and re-interred in the Davis Cemetery in Jackson County, Alabama.

Ollie's father served in K Company 4th Tennessee Cavalry (CSA) during the Civil War. 

PFC Francis Edwin Brown

PFC Francis Edwin Brown was born 18 May 1896 in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina to Edwin P. and Mary Etta (Hoden) Brown. His family farmed.

Francis had moved to Virginia where in worked in a guncotton plant at the time he registered for the draft.  A member of the 4th Virginia Infantry when Virginia mobilized, he was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PFC Brown was wounded and later died of his wound(s) in the 116th Field Hospital on 13 Sep 1918.

PFC Francis was repatriated and is buried in the Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Dillard, Georgia.

PFC Rubin Pete Gardner

PFC Rubin Pete Gardner was born in 1899 the son of George Washington and Cora Lee (Worrell) Gardner.

After entering the service, Rubin was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PFC Gardner died of wounds on 6 Sep 1918.

His body was returned and PFC Gardner is buried in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia.

PVT Vester D. Hall

PVT Vester D. Hall was a member of C Company 116th Infantry when it was training at Camp McClellan, Alabama. He shipped out to France with that unit on 15 Jun 1918 and died from and accidental gun shot wound in France on 2 Sep 1918.  He is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

His only known surviving relative was Virgie Leona "Lena" (Hall) Cook and she died of pulmonary tuberculosis in January 1920.