PFC Warren Andrew Rabuck

PFC Warren Andrew Rabuck was born 29 Jul 1924 in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest of Charles Daniel and Carrie Hazelton (App) Rabuck's 10 children. His father farmed in Northumberland county in Pennsylvania. Warren attended Sunbury High School and worked for a bit in the coal business in Baltimore, Maryland with his oldest brother, Lawrence. Warren also worked on the farm.

Warren was drafted in May 1943. He had is basic military training at Camp Campbell, Kentucky and then went to Fort Meade, Maryland before getting a 14-day furlough home and shipping out for Europe through Camp Kilmer, New Jersey in June 1944. PFC Rabuck was transferred to I Company 116th Infantry from the replacement depot on 20 Jul 1944. Reportedly lightly wounded in action on 6 Aug 1944 near Vire, France, PFC Rabuck died of his wound(s) on 7 Aug 1944 in hospital.

PFC Rabuck rests forever in the Brittany American Cemetery.

Three of Warren's brothers served in the war and went on to complete military careers. Charles McAdam Rabuck served in the Chinese-Burma-India theater before going on to retire as a MSG. Samuel Robert Rabuck served in the U.S. Army Air Corps and ultimately retired as a MAJ. John App Rabuck served in Australia during the war before going on to retire as a MSG. Their sister, Cora Alice Rabuck, married Hiram Nelson Smith who retired as a LTC from the U.S. Army.

PVT Harold Douglas Griffith

PVT Harold Douglas Griffith, b. 30 Jul 1925 - d. 7 Aug 1944, son of Milton Palmer and Edna Violet (Price) Griffith. He is the twin brother of Howard Louis Griffith and both were assigned to F Company 116th Infantry Regiment (but are not the only twins to serve in the Regiment at the same time).  PVT Griffith is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

PVT Paul J. Frodyma

courtesy Robert Comeau

PVT Paul J. Frodyma was born in 1925 in Holyoke, Massachusetts to William Frank and Anna (Szyngiera) Frodyma. In 1940, father William was working as a coffee roaster for a wholesale grocery and reported a 1939 income of $1670.

When drafted in December 1943, Paul was working in manufacturing.  Sent to Europe, Paul was transferred from the replacement depot to E Company 116th Infantry on 24 Jul 1944.  Paul was killed in action on 7 Aug 1944.

PVT Frodyma was repatriated and lies with his parents in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

PVT Ottis Arvel White

SFC(R) K Forrester

PVT Ottis Arvel White was born 27 Oct 1922 in Cullman, Alabama. He was the 2nd of the 5 children born to James Henry and Noda Belle (Harding) White. His father farmed on land he owned near Jones Chapel, Alabama. Ottis was able to complete 2-years of high school before quitting to work for his father. 

Ottis was drafted in December 1942 and began his military training at Fort McClellan, Alabama. He was sent to England and transferred from the replacement depot to K Company 116th Infantry on 19 Jun 1944 to serve as a rifleman. PVT White fought with the unit through the bocage, at Saint-Lo and then at Vire before being killed in action on 7 Aug 1944. 

PVT White was repatriated and re-interred with family at Sardis #2 Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Winston County, Alabama.

PFC Howard J. Miller

courtesy of Addy

PFC Howard J. Miller was born 8 Oct 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the first of 2 children born to Charles Oris and Catherine Florence (Zahneis) Miller. His father worked variously as an estate auditor, worker in a watch factory, and as a millwright. Charles reported a 1939 income of $1400. Howard completed high school and was working as a grocery clerk in 1940 and he reported a 1939 income of $900.  That would be about $15,900 today. His father was paying $23 a month rent for their home at 7021 Cambridge Street in Columbia, Ohio.

Howard was drafted in November 1942. After initial training and some unknown assignments, he was sent to the European theater and the replacement depot. On 10 Jul 1944 he was transferred to C Company 116th Infantry to serve as a rifleman. PFC Miller was killed in action on 7 Aug 1944 near Vire, France.

PFC Miller was repatriated and re-interred in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

PFC Frank Ellis Jones

PFC Frank Ellis Jones was born 6 Jan 1923 in Hermosa, South Dakota to Frank Burton and Elnora Lee (Coker) Jones.  His father farmed.  By 1930 the family had moved to Memphis, Tennessee and his father was supporting the family as a salesman.  In 1940, the elder Frank was working as a night watchman for the WPA with a reported 1939 income of $660.  The younger Frank was a new worker that year. 

Frank was drafted in July 1943.  After his required training he was sent to Europe and on 16 Jun 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to I Company 116th Infantry. PFC Jones was wounded on 5 Aug 1944 and evacuated to hospital where he died of his wound(s) on 6 Aug 1944.

PFC Jones is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery. 

PFC Jesse Leon Bentley

PFC Jesse Leon Bentley was born in Craighead County, Arkansas 12 Dec 1918 to Carlie Smith and Amanda (Doolin) Bentley.  His father worked in a lumber mill and farmed.  In 1940, Jesse was driving a truck for Holsum Bread Company in Phoenix, Arizona and reported income of $432 for 1939.

Drafted in January 1942, Jesse was eventually sent overseas.  On 16 Jun 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to I Company 116th Infantry.  He was killed in action on 6 Aug 1944 near Vire. 

PFC Bentley is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

PFC Angel Gallegos Moreno

courtesy of LC

PFC Angel Gallegos Moreno was born in Towne, Texas on 2 Aug 1925. He was the 3rd of the 4 children born to Juan Antonio and Elvira (Gallegos) Moreno. His father worked in a stone quarry and died in 1936. His mother then supported the family as a maid. The family was very poor. Elvira reported a 1939 income of $64 and rented a place to live for $5 a month at 713 Tornillo Street in El Paso, Texas. When Angel registered for the draft in 1943 he was working for the Rio Grande Lumber Company.

Angel was likely drafted shortly after he registered for the draft. After his basic infantry training he was sent to the European theater. PVT Moreno was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry on 19 Jun 1944. He was promoted to PFC on 24 Jul 1944. PFC Moreno was wounded near Vire, France on 5 Aug 1944 and evacuated to a hospital.  He died of his wound(s) on 6 Aug 1944.

PFC Moreno was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in the Fort Bliss National Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.

PFC Benjamin Andrew Black

PFC Benjamin Andrew Black was born 5 Jan 1923 in Lauderdale County, Tennessee to Jerome Valentine and Cora Lee (Lard) Black.  There were 7 other children in the family.  They moved quite often but supported themselves by farming. 

Benjamin entered into service 20 Jul 1943.  On 16 Jun 1944 he was assigned from the replacement depot to I Company 116th Infantry.  On 1 Aug 1944 he was promoted to PFC and on 6 Aug 1944 he was killed in action near Vire, France. 

PFC Black was repatriated in 1948 and now rests forever in the Houston Cemetery in Houston, Mississippi. 

Brothers Henry Irvin Black and Jesse Elvis Black also served and both survived the war. 

PFC DominicValentine Peternell

PFC Dominic Valentine Peternell was born 12 Feb 1922 in Saint Joseph,Minnesota. He was the 7th of the 10 children born to Louis and Agnes (Schauback) Peternell. His father had farmed but by 1940 was working for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) on road construction reporting a 1939 income of $520. Dominic was working as farm helper in 1940 and he then went to work for Armour Inc in a meat processing plant.

Dominic was drafted in December 1942. After his basic military training he was sent to England and assigned to H Company 116th Infantry as a machine gun crewman. He trained with the unit for the planned amphibious landing on the coast of occupied France. He participated with H Company in that landing on 6 Jun 1944 and beyond and was promoted to PFC on 12 Jun 1944. PFC Peternell was wounded on 26 Jun 1944 and evacuated to hospital. PFC Peternell was returned to the unit via the replacement depot on 30 Jul 1944. Dominic was wounded again on 5 Aug 1944 outside Vire, France and was immediately evacuated. However, PFC Peternell died of his wound(s) on 6 Aug 1944.

PFC Peternell was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in Saint Stephani Cemetery in Saint Stephen, Minnesota.

3 of Dominic's brothers also served during WW2. Alphonse Louis Peternell also served in the U.S. Army. Robert James Peternell served as a ABM(CP)3c aboard the USS Yorktown. Donald Jerome Peternell served as a disbursing clerk aboard the navy oiler, USS Guadacanal.

PFC John Edward Matthews

PFC John Edward Matthews was born 20 Jan 1923 in Donemara, Ireland. He was the 6th of 7 children born to John Edward and Jane Elizabeth (Skeffington) Matthews. According to their daughter, Jane Elizabeth (Matthews) Cryan:

John and Jane (Skeffington) Matthews, were living in a small picturesque cottage in Ballydovock, Belcarra in County Mayo, Ireland. Maternal grandmother, Mary (Haveron) Skeffington and aunt Annie Skeffington lived there too. There were 3 older sisters Kathleen, Maudie and Bridie. His father soon realized he needed more room to care for his family so with the help of his brother-in-law, John Staunton, he set out to build a home of his own. He found the perfect location in Donamona, not too far from his boyhood home in Ballyglass.

John's father ran The Old Ground, in Ballyglass. The children attended the Clogher School. In 1922 Jane and her older sister, Kathleen, were sent to an hospital in Castlebar. They both had diptheria. Kathleen died and was buried in Drum Cemetery.

Thus the family had lost 1 child before young John was born.  The family emigrated in 1925 and settled in Lowell, Massachusetts. His father worked in a cotton mill.  Unfortunately, father John died in November 1937 and mother Jane died in April 1938.  Eldest sister Mary became the head of the family and supported her younger siblings as a stenographer reporting a 1939 income of $900 while sister Jane and brother Joseph contributed another $920 working as hospital attendant and gardener respectively.  The older children made certain that young John completed 4 years of high school.

John was drafted in February 1943.  After training at Camp Jackson, South Carolina and Camp Atterbury, Indiana he was sent to England and then to the replacement depot. PFC Matthews was transferred to C Company 116th Infantry on 5 Jul 1944. Serving as an ammunition handler MOS 504 he likely assisted the unit command section in service and supply to the platoons.  PFC Matthews was killed in action near Vire, France on 6 Aug 1944.

PFC Matthews was repatriated and re-interred near his parents in Saint Patrick's Cemetery in Lowell, Massachusetts.

1LT John Robert Davidson

1LT John Robert Davidson was born 13 Jul 1919 in San Antonio, Texas to Noah Ralph and Ava Estella (Dixon) Davidson.  His father worked as a blacksmith and later as an agent representing a manufacturer.

After entering service, John was sent overseas and at some point in time managed to be married, apparently to a woman named Betty Phillipa King of Plymouth, England in April 1944.  

Assigned to I Company 116th Infantry for the invasion of occupied Europe, John is shown on the morning report as being present for duty on 1 Jun 1944. He served as a platoon leader in I Company until wounded on 27 Jun 1944 and evacuated to hospital. On 22 Jul 1944 he was returned to the unit from the replacement depot to serve as commanding officer but was reassigned to L Company 116th Infantry on 1 Aug 1944 to again serve as a platoon leader. 1LT Davidson was wounded for the 2nd time on 5 Aug 1944 and evacuated to hospital where he died of his wound(s) on 6 Aug 1944.

1LT Davidson lies in the Brittany American Cemetery.  There is a cenotaph in the Mustang Prairie Cemetery in Mustang, Texas.

SGT John Laird

courtesy of Frogman

SGT John Laird was born 20 Sep 1910 in Layland, West Virginia to David and Elizabeth Laird. John went to Scotland to visit family and returned via Halifax, Canada in 1927.

John entered service in February 1942 and went to England in September 1942, perhaps already assigned to A Company 116th Infantry.  He trained with the unit for the amphibious assault that would take place on the French beach code-named Omaha. He was one of the few of A Company that survived the landing and continued to fight with the unit until wounded on 23 Jun 1944.  He was sent to the field hospital but returned to A Company the next day (24 Jun 1944).  SGT Laird was killed in action on 6 Aug 1944.

SGT Laird was buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

Brother Alvin Laird was a SSG in E Company 113rd Infantry and brother Gilbert Laird also served during the war. 

2LT Melvin Charles Brewer

2LT Melvin Charles Brewer, b. 28 Jun 1919 - d. 6 Aug 1944. Son of Calvin Jesse and Myrtle Olive (Shuemaker) Brewer of New Albany, Indiana. Brewer was widely known in athletic circles as a basketball and track star. He played on the New Albany high school 1936-37, and 1937-38 teams and was regarded as one of the greatest offensive centers to represent the Bulldogs.

Graduating from New Albany high school in 1938, he enrolled a year later at the University of Kentucky, where he became nationally known as one of the greatest hoop centers in collegiate circles. He was 6' 5" tall, quite tall for the time. He left U of K in 1943 to join the armed forces. He received officers training at Fort Benning, GA graduating in Dec 1943. He had been a member of the Indiana National Guard. Assigned to G Company 116th Infantry on 22 Jul 1944 he was killed in action with that company on 6 Aug 1944. 

Melvin was survived by his parents, wife, and two children. He rests in Fairview Cemetery in New Albany.

PFC Owen Hulon Short

PFC Owen Hulon Short was born 5 Aug 1920 to Owen Franklin and Almeda May (O'Banion) Short in Hart County, Kentucky.  Medie (as she was known) was the senior Owen's second wife (30 years younger than her husband) and she died in 1923. Hulon's father died in 1939. Hulon had 8 half-siblings and 2 siblings, the last of his father's children.  After his mother's death his brother Clay was  sent to live with other relatives but their older half-sister Ada came to care for Owen and his youngest children.  Half-sister and de-facto step-mother Ada Lee Short died in 1941 at age 45.

In this photo Hulon is shown wearing an armor division shoulder insignia.  He was not assigned to C Company 116th Infantry until 10 Jul 1944 so he may have been assigned as an infantryman in an armored unit, wounded and reassigned when returned from hospital.  This was not unusual.  PFC Owen Hulon Short was killed in action on 6 Aug 1944 near Vire, France.  He is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.  

SGT Edward Wilson Ward

courtesy of Joyce Escue Culver

SGT Edward Wilson Ward was born 11 Oct 1924 in Denver, Colorado. He was the only son of Edward William and Alta Beatrice (Caswell) Ward. He did have a half-brother, adopted by his father, who was 5-years older. His father worked as a truck driver for the Railway Express Company but his parents divorced in 1932 and his mother remarried in 1933. His step-father, Harry H. Murray, was a custodian for the Denver public schools earning a reported $1200 in 1939. The family lived in the home Harry owned at 1176 South Clarkson in Denver. Valued at $1000 in 1940, the house still stands today and last sold for $830,000. After high school, Edward went to work for Gates Rubber Company.

Edward was drafted in April 1943. After completing his military training he was sent to the European theater. SGT Ward was transferred from the replacement depot to L Company 116th Infantry on 24 Jul 1944. He was killed in action near Vire, France on 6 Aug 1944.

SGT Ward was repatriated in 1949 and re-interred in the Fairmont Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. 

Father, Edward William Ward, was a Wagoner in E Company 115th Engineers in France in WW1.

PVT Grover Lee Leftridge

PVT Grover Lee Leftridge was born 5 May 196 in Saint Francois County, Missouri one of seven children of Fenton Morris and Ella Elizabeth (Perkins) Leftridge. The family farmed but by 1940 the family men were engaged in mining and the family rented their dwelling for $2 a month.

Grover was drafted in January 1943.  Sent to England, he may have arrived early enough to be assigned to K Company 116th Infantry for the D-Day amphibious assault at Omaha beach.  PVT Leftridge was killed in action on 6 Aug 1944, near Vire, France.

PVT Leftridge is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

PVT Robert Berry Gentry

PVT Robert Berry Gentry, b. 11 Nov 1920 - d. 6 Aug 1944. Son of Smith Berry and Nannie Belle (Wise) Gentry of Washington County, VA. Nancy Casteel has provided this abbreviated biography: "Robert was born in Green Springs, Washington Co., Va. After the death of his mother, his father moved the family to Sullivan Co., Tn. He was about 11 years of age at the time. Robert attended Sinking Springs School. On February 18, 1942 Robert registered with Selective Service. At that time he lived in Bluff City, Tennessee with his family. He was 21 years of age, stood 5'6" and weighed 135 lbs. Robert had dark brown hair and brown eyes. He worked at a cement block manufacturing plant in Bristol owned by Riley Phillips. On Nov. 20, 1942 he made application for the transfer of license plates for a 1935 Dodge Coupe. He bought the vehicle from Edward Stone, 1208 Galt Street, Bristol, Tn. Robert entered the U.S. Army on December 11, 1942 and completed basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. He then was assigned to the Infantry and shipped overseas. Robert was Killed In Action on August 5, 1944. He was buried in the U.S. Military Cemetery Le Chene-Guerin, plot A, row 6, grave 112. This cemetery is located fourteen miles south of St.Lo, France. On 2 October 1947, his father, Smith B. Gentry requested that his body be returned to the United States for burial. The process was begun and on November 2, 1948 Robert's remains arrived at the Bluff City, Tn. Funeral Home escorted by PFC. James H. Byrd. Robert is buried in the Morning View Cemetery, Bluff City, Sullivan Co. Tn. (Source: Selective Service Card, Title Transfer for automobile, U.S. Army Military Records)"

PVT Gentry was assigned to B company 116th Infantry on 28 Jun 1944 and then A Company 116th Infantry on 30 Jun 1944.

PFC Pedro Moreno Rodriguez

PFC Pedro Moreno Rodriguez was born 18 Jan 1924 in Atascosa, Texas. He was a son of Melecio and Monica A. (Moreno) Rodriguez. It appears that he was able to complete 2 years of high school education.

Pedro was working as a day laborer in Pleasanton, Texas when he registered for the draft in June 1942.  He was working as farm labor when he was drafted in October 1943. After his military training he was sent to the European theater probably arriving in England in late June or early July 1944. PVT Rodriguez was transferred from the replacement depot to G Company 116th Infantry as a rifleman on 22 Jul 1944. He was promoted to PFC just 2 days later on 24 Jul 1944. PFC Rodriguez was killed in action in the attack to liberate Vire, France on 6 Aug 1944.

PVT Rodriguez was repatriated in 1949. He was moved from Percy, France to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California.

Brother, PVT Nicolas Moreno Rodriquez, died of wounds while serving with F Company 134th Infantry and is also interred in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. 

PVT Philip Jerome Chester

PVT Philip Jerome Chester was born 4 Dec 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio to Morris and Celia (Budman) Chester.  His father worked in a manufacturing plant and reported a 1939 income of $1400.  His mother died in 1940.

When drafted in October 1942, Philip was working in construction.  After training he was sent overseas.  On 22 Jul 1944 he was transferred from the replacement depot to E Company 116th Infantry.  PVT Chester was killed in action on 5 Aug 1944. 

Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

Older brother Max Jeffrey Chester served from 1942 to 1945 in the army and attained the rank of CPL. 

PVT Norman Frederick Hillier

PVT Norman Frederick Hillier was born 9 Apr 1924 in South Bend, Indiana to Joseph Washington and Martha E. (Wilson) Hillier. His father was a boiler maker but had worked in automobile manufacture while living in South Bend.  In 1940 Joseph was hospitalized and Martha worked as a housemaid to support herself and their 2 sons.

Norman was drafted in March 1943.  As you can see from the photo he was assigned to the 8th Armored Division when that photo was taken.  He may very well have been part of the levy of trained privates and PFCs that was taken from the division and sent to other units in April 1944. On 17 Jul 1944 Norman was transferred from the replacement depot to C Company 116th Infantry as a rifleman.  PVT Hillier was killed in action on 5 Aug 1944 near Vire. 

PVT Hillier is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Muscatine, Iowa. His brother Jack William Hillier served from 1944 to 1946.

PFC William Lawson Jones

PFC William Lawson Jones was born 18 Nov 1919 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was the only child of William Lester and Delia (Osborne) Jones. His father worked as a painter. Young William completed high school, also worked as a painter and later found work as a clerk at the Charlotte Air Base.

After being drafted in August 1941, William was eventually sent to Europe and on 22 Jun 1944 was transferred from the replacement depot to L Company 116th Infantry.  However, Company K was in greater need of him and he was transferred to K Company 116th Infantry on 5 Jul 1944.  PFC Jones was killed in action on 5 Aug 1944.

PFC Jones is buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

2LT William E. Stuart

William as a CPL in 1940

2LT William E. Stuart was born in 1919 in Roanoke, Virginia. He was the youngest of 4 children born to George William and Carrie Elizabeth (Palmer) Stuart. His father worked as a truck driver and an upholsterer before dying in 1934 at the age of 49 of acute appendicitis. The family continued to live at 723 Patterson Avenue in Roanoke. Sister Stella supported the family working in a rayon mill and William worked as a service station attendant but the pair only earned a reported 1939 income of $912. This is likely why William enlisted in the National Guard serving in Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 116th Infantry. 

When the unit was called to federal duty in February 1941 William was already a CPL. He would have initially trained with the unit at Fort George Meade, Maryland, in the Carolina Maneuvers, and at Camp Blanding, Florida. He then shipped for England with the regiment aboard the Queen Mary in September 1942. Sometime during the training in England William was promoted to SSG. He made the landing on D-Day, 6 Jun 1944. SSG Stuart suffered a bullet wound in the right side on 30 Jul 1944 but remained on duty. SSG Stuart received a battlefield commission as 2LT on 28 Jul 1944 and continued to serve in the same unit but as the Battalion S-2 Officer. 2LT Stuart was killed in action near Vire, France on 5 Aug 1944.

2LT Stuart rests forever in the Brittany American Cemetery. 

Williams grandfather served in the Civil War. James William Palmer served as a PVT in C Company 45th Virginia Infantry (CSA), captured at Cloyd's Farm 9 May 1864 and interned at Camp Chase, Ohio.

PVT Francis P. Langridge

courtesy of Frogman

PVT Francis P. Langridge was 9 Jul 1914 in Cook County, Illinois to Cyril and Margaret (O'Neil) Langridge.  Cyril died in 1916 leaving Margaret with 3 children under the age of 5.  She re-married in 1917 to Patrick C. Arundell, a Chicago policeman, and he died in 1921.  She did not marry again.  Margaret became a housekeeper for Dr. Wright, an osteopath. Later she was a masseuse and Dr. Wright boarded in her home.  Francis married Catherine Klein in 1933 and they had a daughter in the next year and a son the next year after that. Francis was working as a "mechanic's helper" in a machine shop and reported a 1939 income of $660. 

Francis was probably drafted in mid to late 1943.  After basic training he was sent to Europe and transferred from the replacement depot to A Company 116th Infantry on 17 Jul 1944.  PVT Langridge was killed in action on 5 Aug 1944.

PVT Langridge was buried in the Brittany American Cemetery.

Brother, Walter E. Langridge also served during the war.  Wife, Catherine, would re-marry 3 times before dying in 1994.

PFC Isaac Rufus Wilson

PFC Isaac Rufus Wilson was born in Thomasville, Georgia on 23 Nov 1921. He was the 8th of 9 children born to George Ashton and Susan Savilla (Donaldson) Wilson. His father farmed his own farm in Thomas County, Georgia. Isaac's education never progressed past grammar school and took up farming as well. He married Eula Evelyn Wiley in February 1941. 

Isaac was drafted in December 1942. After initial training at Fort McPherson, PVT Wilson was sent to England probably in November or December 1943. We do not know what his duties were there. PFC Wilson was transferred from the replacement depot to C Company 116th Infantry on 5 Jul 1944. He fought with the unit in the liberation of Saint Lo. PFC Wilson was killed in action near Vire, France on 5 Aug 1944 the day after his daughter was born in Thomasville.

PFC Wilson was repatriated in 1948 and re-interred in Harmony Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Barwick, Georgia.

Isaac's extended family made many sacrifices in WW2. 2 cousins died in service with the 121st Infantry. TSGT Clifton Willie Donaldson and PVT Thomas William Donaldson were killed at La Haye-du-Puits, France and Bonn, Germany respectively. Brothers, Ansel Reuben Wilson and Thomas Watson Wilson, also served in the army during the war.