Wagoner Henry Thomas Bullock

Wagoner Henry Thomas Bullock was born 20 Nov 1893 in Prentiss, Mississippi. He was the 6th of 10 children born to William Diamond and Hattie (Hall) Bullock. His father died 6 Dec 1899. The family supported themselves by farming rented land. Henry was farming when drafted.

Henry was drafted in April 1918 and initially sent to Camp Pike, Arkansas. Assigned to Supply Company 116th Infantry, Henry shipped out for France aboard the USS Finland on 15 Jun 1918. Wagoner Bullock served with and supported the regiment as it trained for trench warfare. Wagoner Bullock contracted pneumonia at some time, possibly as a complication of influenza, and died on 21 Oct 1918.

Wagoner Bullock was repatriated and re-interred in the Antioch Cemetery in Prentiss, Mississippi.

Wagoner Grady W. Jackson

courtesy of C. Winburn

Wagoner Grady W. Jackson was born 8 Oct 1895 in Hickory Flat, Mississippi. He was the oldest of 8 children born to Willis Houston and Mattie Belle (Gunter) Jackson. The family farmed. Grady left school to help his father farm.

After being drafted, Grady was assigned to Supply Company 116th Infantry.  He sailed with the unit to France aboard the USS Finland departing Hoboken, New Jersey on 15 Jun 1918 and arriving at the port of Saint Nazaire, France on 28 Jun 1918. After the regiment went through training in trench warfare and acclimatization in a "quiet" sector on the front it was part of a major offensive that began on 8 Oct 1918. Wagoner Jackson was wounded and died of his wound(s) on 11 Oct 1918.

Wagoner Jackson was repatriated and re-interred with many family members in Flat Rock Cemetery in Hickory Flat, Mississippi.