PVT Carl Craft

PVT Carl Craft was born 4 Mar 1895 in Raleigh, Mississippi to Aurora C. and Fannie A. (Headrick) Craft.  The family farmed and Carl was still farming when ordered to report for the draft and inducted 5 Mar 1918.

PVT Craft was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry when he was wounded and evacuated to hospital where he died of wounds on 5 Nov 1918.

PVT Craft was repatriated and is buried in Hebron Cemetery in Hebron, Mississippi.

CPL Charles Luther Scott

CPL Charles Luther Scott was born 5 Aug 1895 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia (most likely in Windsor) one of twelve children of James Urquhart and Susan (Corbitt) Scott. The family farmed.

After entering the Army, Charles was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  He was with the unit when it was deployed to France aboard the ship Finland on 15 Jun 1918.  His parents may have died before this because his youngest sister, Susan Jemima Scott, was listed as his next of kin on the manifest. Shown as a PFC in the after action report by LTC Hierome Opie, there are repeated notes that he had been promoted to CPL.  CPL Scott died of wounds received earlier on 25 Oct 1918.

CPL Scott was repatriated and re-interred in the Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery in Carrsville, Virginia.

CPL Edwin Forest Wrenn

CPL Edwin Forest Wrenn was born on 3 May 1891 in Sussex County, Virginia to George Ogden and Nannie Jackson (Lilly) Wrenn.  The family farmed.

After entering the Army, Edwin was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  He shipped out for France with that unit aboard the Finland on 13 Jun 1918.  CPL Wrenn was killed in action in the battle for Molleville Farm on 25 Oct 1918.

CPL Wrenn rests forever in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. 

CPL Clarence Jones

CPL Clarence Jones enlisted from Virginia and was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry and was killed in action serving with that unit.  He was buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

PVT Harvey Floyd Tatum

PVT Harvey Floyd Tatum was born 2 Feb 1896 in Disputanta, Virginia. He was the youngest of the eight children born to Allen T. and Mary Ann Elizabeth  Assigned to E Company 116th Infantry, Harvey was shipped to France aboard the Finland departing from Hoboken.  Ennie N. Tatum is listed as his next of kin and his rank is recorded as CPL. PVT Tatum was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918.

PVT Tatum was buried in the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery.

PVT Bernard Radford

PFC Bernard Radford was born February 1898 in Castalia, North Carolina to William Sylvester and Caroline Francis (Harris) Radford.  The family farmed and Bernard did the same.  In August 1917 he married Katie Pierce.

When Bernard entered the service he was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  He was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918.  He is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

His wife, Kate or Katie, did not remarry until 1943. 

SGT Lee Bernard Magner

courtesy of Anne Cady

SGT Lee Bernard Magner was born in September 1898 in Alexandria, Virginia to John J. and Ella Virginia (Lee) Magner. His father was a locomotive engineer.

Bernard (as his family called him) was a SGT in G Company 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry in July 1917. When the unit was mobilized for combat in France part of G Company went to E Company 116th Infantry and that included SGT Magner.  SGT Magner was with E Company when he was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918.

SGT Magner rests forever in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. His mother and brother John Lawrence Magner, are also buried in Arlington.

He served with his brother, John Lawrence Magner, in G Company 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry.

Washington Post, 5 Mar 1919

PVT Howard Harrison Higham Jr.

PVT Howard Harrison Higham Jr. was born 8 Aug 1895 in Bridesburg, Pennsylvania the first child of nine children born to Howard Harrison and Delia (Bishop) Higham.  His father was a sawyer.  The family relocated to Gloucester County, New Jersey before 1917 when they were living in Woodbury, New Jersey.

Howard was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Higham was killed in action 25 Oct 1918.  His body was returned to the U.S. and buried with his parents in Eglington Cemetery in Clarksboro, New Jersey.

PVT John Edward Heaney

PVT John Edward Heaney was born 27 Aug 1891 in Brooklyn, New York.  He had at least one sister, Anna, and lived at 180 Williams Avenue in Brooklyn.  His sister lived just 3 blocks away at 177 Sheffield Avenue. John worked as a marble polisher at the Eastern New York Marble Company supporting himself and his mother.  He was inducted on 3 May 1918 and assigned to E Company 116th Infantry on 20 May 1918 at Camp McClellan, Alabama. He was then transported to France with his unit aboard the USS Finland leaving Hoboken, New Jersey on 15 Jun 1918.  PVT Heaney was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918. 

PVT Frank Cramado

PVT Frank Cramado was born about July 1894 in Rome, Italy.  After immigration his family lived in Beacon, New York where they apparently settled into a home at 33 Church Street.  That is where Frank was inducted in May 1918.  He was first sent to Fort Slocum, New York and then assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  He arrived in France in June 1918 with the regiment and was then assigned to Headquarters 116th Infantry where he served as a Musician 3rd Class.  On 2 Sep 1918 he was re-assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Cramado was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918. 

PVT Edward J. Dunavan

PVT Edward J. Dunavan was born 4 Aug 1891 in Decatur County, Tennessee to John Archie and Sarah Matilda (Read) Dunavan.  The family farmed.

Edward was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry and was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918.  His body was returned to the U.S. and he was re-interred in the Little Prairie Cemetery in Caruthersville, Missouri.

His brother, Roy B. Dunavan, served as a PFC in C Company 324th Infantry, 81st Division.

SGT Dennis Simmons Twiford

SGT Dennis Simmons Twiford was born 19 May 1892 in East Lake, North Carolina the 8th of 11 children born to Manliff Dickerson and Zenovia Adeline (Basnight) Twiford.  The family farmed but two of the older brothers were watermen.  In 1915, Dennis' mother Adeline died. In 1918 Dennis was farming.

After entering the Army, Dennis was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  He rose through the ranks to become a CPL and then a SGT.  According to published reports, SGT Twiford was wounded by 3 machinegun bullets striking him in the chest on 18 Oct 1918.  He died of those wounds on 25 Oct 1918.

SGT Twiford was repatriated in 1936 and re-interred in East Lake Baptist Church Cemetery in East Lake, North Carolina. 

PVT Jacob L. Turetzky

PVT Jacob L. Turetzky was born in Minsk, Russia about 1887.  He lived in Brooklyn, New York.  We know that his reported next of kin was his uncle (likely his mother's brother) Max Fried who lived at 528 (or 328) Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn.  Jacob may have been a tailor.

After entering the army, Jacob was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry and shipped out with that unit aboard the Finland on 13 Jun 1918.  PVT Turetzky (sometimes found spelled as 'Turetsky') was killed in action on 25 Oct 1918.

PVT Turetzky is not buried overseas so we believe he was repatriated and re-interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York. 

PVT Percy Lee Dowell

PVT Percy Lee Dowell was born 12 Mar 1895 in Barboursville, Virginia to Reuben Paschal and Martha Ann (Wilkerson) Dowell.  His father worked for the railroad.

After entering the service, Percy was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Dowell died of wounds on 24 Oct 1918.

PVT Dowell is buried in the Reuben P. Dowell Family Cemetery in Gilbert, Virginia. 

Percy was 1st cousin 1x removed of a later commander, MG Gilbert Jackson Sullivan.  Their common grandfather, Ezekial Dowell, served as a PVT in E Company 19th Virginia Infantry (CSA) in the Civil War.

PFC David J. Lassiter

PFC David J. Lassiter was born 26 Aug 1895 in Drum Hill, North Carolina.  He was likely drafted then assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Lassiter was killed in action 22 Oct 1918.  He rests forever in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

PVT Sidney Thomas Norfleet

PVT Sidney Thomas Norfleet was born in September 1887 in Nansemond County, Virginia one of eight children of John Thomas and Julia Amascus (Pierce) Norfleet.  His father was a farmer near Chuckatuck, Virginia.

Sidney was working as a ship fitter in Norfolk, Virginia when he entered the service and was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Norfleet was killed in action on 21 Oct 1918.

His body was repatriated and he was buried in Bethelem Christian Church Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia with many other family members.

His father served as a PVT in E Company 6th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War.

CPL Bonnie Franklin Boyd

CPL Bonnie Franklin Boyd was born 23 Dec 1894 in Long Acre, North Carolina the third of fifteen children born to Samuel Farrow and Mary Virginia (Osborne) Boyd.  The family farmed.

CPL Boyd was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry when he was wounded.  He died of his wound(s) on 19 Oct 1918.

CPL Boyd was returned to the U.S. and is now buried in the Thomas Boyd Cemetery in Pinetown, North Carolina.

CPL George R. Evans

CPL George R. Evans was born in Disputanta, Virginia a son of John Evans.  Assigned to E Company 116th Infantry, CPL Evans was killed in action on 16 Oct 1918.

CPL Evans is buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery.

PFC Cassius Pembrook Parsons

courtesy of Ron Stewart

PFC Cassius Pembrook Parsons was born in November 1897 in Sussex County, Virginia to Everett Owen and Ada L (Rogers).  For a time he lived with his namesake paternal grandfather who farmed.  His father also farmed.

After entering the service, Cassius was assigned to E Company 116th Infantry.  PFC Parsons was killed in action on 15 Oct 1918

PFC Parsons is buried in Waverly Cemetery in Waverly, Virginia.

PVT Levi Miller

PVT Levi Miller was born 14 Sep 1887 in Kimball, Michigan to Thomas and Annie (Cowling) Miller, the youngest of their seven children.  His father was a native of England and his mother a native of Canada.  His parents apparently met and married in Canada where his oldest sister was born. The family farmed in St. Clair county, Michigan. Levi's father was 41-years old when he died just 3-months after Levi was born. His mother died in February 1895 when she was only 39-years old. Levi lived and farmed with his older brothers, George and John near Kimball, Michigan in 1900. However, by 1917, he was working for St. Clair County, Michigan on their road crew maintaining county roads.

Levi was not yet married when he was drafted in 1918.  Assigned to E Company 116th Infantry, he was with that unit when it embarked on the ship Finland for France in June 1918. His parents might both have already died because his sister, Lilly Mae Miller Auch, was listed as his next of kin on the ship manifest.  PVT Miller was killed in action on 15 October 1918.

PVT Miller's was repatriated and he was re-interred in Caswell Cemetery in Kimball, Michigan with his parents.