The 167th U. S. Infantry Regiment of the Rainbow Division National Guardsmen Who Fought in France During World War I
Excerpt from Alabama's Own in France: War Stories of the 167th U.S.
Infantry: Rainbow Division National Guardsmen
By William Henry Amerine
Published by Eaton & Gettinger, 1919
As a matter of fact, the "Rainbow" was the first to take over a complete divisional sector of front line trenches, and held a sector longer than any other American division.
One of its regiments, the 167th Infantry, had the distinction of having been in the face of the enemy longer than any other we sent to France. When ordered to the Champagne front, June 18, 1918, the organization had completed 110 days in the line without relief. Its fighting record during that memorable defensive and subsequent to it, right up to November 11, 1918, when hostilities ceased, can not be written in full here.
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Corporal Gary Roberts, Company "M," 167th Regiment, of Bay Minette, Ala., has returned from overseas service, wearing a D. S. C. When asked concerning this tribute of valor, Corporal Roberts immediately became dumb. "It's nothing," he said. "And to be perfectly frank with you, we that have these crosses happen to be the men who were seen in some particular line of action on the field. Many a man in the Fourth Alabama Regiment has returned without decoration, whose deeds of bravery and heroism would cause my little exploit to look insignificant."
Corporal Gary Roberts was cited for bravery and extraordinary heroism in action at Chateau-Thierry, July 26-27. Three times wounded in action; nevertheless he continued an attack under heavy enemy fire from artillery and machine guns.
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Members of the Regiment from Baldwin County, AL
Headquarters Company
BIXLER, HENRY E., Pvt, Bay Minette
PATTON, JOE J., Pvt. Battles Wharf
Medical Corps
CALHOUN, CURTIS T., Pvt, Grove Hill
Company B
BYRD, WILLIAM E, Pvt, Bay Minette
BYRNE, GEORGE T., Sgt, Bay Minette
CLARK, ALVIN W.. Pvt, Stapleton
COX, JESSE E., Pvt, Bay Minette
DREW, WILLIAM E., Pvt, Lottie
DUCK, ROBERT S., Pvt, Brady
DURANT, LITTLE ED, Pvt, Bromley
FAULK, JOHN, Pvt, Dyas
FRETWELL, HENRY H., Pvt, Perdido
GRIMES, DANIEL M., Pvt, Daphne
HAMMOCK, GEORGE M., Pvt, Bay Minette
HARRIS, EDWARD T., Corp., Bay Minette
HOLMES, ORIGEN S., Pvt, Foley
HUFF, WALTER A., Pvt, Foley
McLAIN, JAMES W., Pvt, Lottie
MADDOX, HOBSON, Pvt, Stapleton
PARKER, CLYDE, Pvt, Perdido
PARKER, SAMUEL, Pvt, Perdido
RAY, AUBREY C., Pvt, Bay Minette
RICHARDSON, SIBLEY B., Pvt, Stockton
ROBERTS, GARY A., Corp., Bay Minette
ROBERTS, GREIL, Pvt, Bay Minette
SCOTT, BEN H., Pvt, Bay Minette
THOMPSON, ROBERT, Pvt, Stockton
WEEKLEY, BUFORD, Pvt, Perdldo
WHITE, FRANK B., Pvt, Bay Minette
WHITE, LOYD R., Pvt, Bay Minette
WHITE, MARSHALL N., Pvt, Bay Minette
WILLIAMS, JAMES, Pvt, Bay Minette
Company D
ATCHISON, JOHN W., Pvt, Bay Minette
BOYINGTON, COLBERT W., Pvt, Robertsdale
DIXON, JOSEPH G., Pvt, Bromley
HOWELL, RUEL E., Pvt, Bay Minette
KNIGHT, LEROY, Pvt, Dyas
LEE, JOSEPH, Pvt, Bay Minette
MANNING, MALACHI, Mechanic, Foley
MITCHELL, LEONARD, Pvt, Robertsdale
MOORER, JOHN W., Cook, Bay Minette
MOORER, MINTER M., Pvt, Bay Minette
THOMLEY, JOSEPH W., Pvt, Perdido
Company E
COESENS, FREDERICK, Pvt, Foley
POWELL, WILLIAM B., Pvt, Bayou La Batre
Company G
POWELL, CHARLES A., Pvt, Bay Minette
Machine Gun Company
OWEN, ARTHUR D., Corp., Bay Mlnette
Supply Company
DEAN, JOHN B., Pvt, Mt Meigs