PIKE COUNTY ILLINOIS

World War I
Honor Roll

With The Colors From Pike County

HERBERT H. ALLEN #1 Private, Co. I, 132nd Inf. Son of Charles and Nellie Allen, of Perry. Born at Perry, March 10, 1898. Enlisted at Quincy, Ill., May 30, 1917. Overseas May 24, 1918. Cited for gallantry in October, 1918. Wounded in the Argonne Oct. 8, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., May 31, 1919.

DAN BELL #2
Corporal, Co, B, 304th Battalion, Tank Corps. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Bell, of Kinderhook. Born at Kinderhook. Enlisted at Washington, D. C., Oct. 10, 1918. Overseas Oct. 31, 1918. Discharged at Camp Meade, Va., May 14, 1919.

HOMER M. CAMP#3
Sergeant Major, junior grade, C. A. C. Un­assigned. Son of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Camp of Pittsfield. Born at New Hartford, Ill., July 28, 1896. Enlisted at Washington, D. C., Aug. 13. 1918. Discharged at Fort Monroe, Dec. 6, 1918.

STANLEY FOREMAN #4
Corporal, 309th Supply Train, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse E. Foreman of Pittsfield. Born at Pittsfield, Feb. 7, 1895. Enlisted at Pittsfield March 3, 1918. Overseas Sept. 16, 1918. Dis­charged at Camp Grant, Ill., July 10, 1919.

RUSSELL A. HULL #5
Private, Medical Corps. Son of E. S. Hull of Hull. Born at Hull, July 11, 1892. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Sept. 2, 1918. Discharged Jan. 27, 1919.
Buried at Kinderhook Cemetery

BEAT HAM #6
Private, 15th Veterinary Hospital. Son of Enoch and Mary E. Ham of Chambersburg. Born at Chambersburg, Jan. 31, 1896. Enlisted at Pittsfield, June 25, 1918. Overseas Nov. 9, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., July 22, 1919.

BRYON HOOVER #7
Corporal, Co. I, 467th Supply Train. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hoover of Milton. Born at Milton, Sept. 5, 1896. Enlisted at Quincy, Ill., May 30, 1917. Overseas Sept. 3, 1917. Ac­tion at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. Ten months in Army of Occupation, Metz and Ver­dun. Last unit to leave France. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., Sept. 26, 1919.

JESSE RAYMOND JACKSON
Corporal, 355th Inf. 89th Div. Son of William and Mary Jackson of New Canton. Born at New Canton, Oct. 6, 1893. Enlisted at David City, Nebr., Sept. 21, 1917. Overseas June 17, 1918. Discharged June 3, 1919.

THOMAS L. KIDDER #9
Corporal, Battery A, 55th Artillery, C. A. C. Son of Thomas and Mahala Kidder. Born at Farber, Mo., March 26, 1894. Enlisted at St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 8, 1915. Overseas April, 1919. Action at Aisne-Marne Aug. 3 to 6, 1918; Oisne-­Aisne Aug. 18-Sept. 8, 1918; Meuse-Argonne, Sept. 20-Nov. 11, 1918. Discharged Nov. 2, 1919, and re-enlisted same day.

HARRY KIDDER# 10
Chief Radio Electrician, Atlantic Fleet, U. S. N. Son of Thomas and Mahala Kidder. Born at Farber, Mo., Sept. 27, 1892. Enlisted at San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 24, 1914. On board U. S. S. Frederick engaged in running down German commerce raiders in South Atlantic. Transfer­red from Frederick to South Dakota, to S. S. Manta, to Armed Guard Camp Dewey, Va., to U. S. S. Machias. Transferred to Tampa, Fla., March 8, 1919. Discharged at Norfolk, Va., Feb. 18, 1918.

JAMES A. LANE #11
Cook, Co. 333, 309th Sanitary Train. Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Lane of Pleasant Hill. Born at Martinsburg, Aug. 31. 1894. Enlisted at Pitts­field, Sept. 27, 1917. Discharged Jan. 24, 1918, be­cause of broken ankles. Died April 23, 1920, from tuberculosis contracted in the army.

OTTO K. MYERS #12
Corporal, Q. M. C. Utilities Branch. Son of Peter J. and Amanda Myers. Born at Rock­port, Nov. 9, 1893. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Sept. 5, 1917. Discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., March 3, 1919.

ALBERT T. NELSON #13
Private, Train 416, 457th M. T. C. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Nelson of Bedford, Ill. Born at Louisiana, Mo., Aug. 2, 1896. Enlisted at Jacksonville, Ill., May 31, 1918. Overseas July 31, 1918. Discharged at Camp Hill, Va., June 28, 1919.

ALFRED H. RAMSEY
Horseshoer, 17th Ammunition Train. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ramsey of Baylis. Born at Maysville, Sept. 24. 1887. Enlisted June 26, 1918. Discharged at Fort Sill, Okla., Feb. 8, 1919.

FLOYD OLIN SMITH #15
Private, Medical Detach. 79th Field Artillery. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Smith of Hull. Born at Hull, July 27, 1893. Enlisted at Hanni­bal, Mo., June 7, 1917. Overseas Aug. 30, 1919. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., June 30, 1919.

RADE VERN SITTON #16
Private. 309th H. F. A. 78th Div. Son of Wil­liam R. and Ida E. Sitton of Pleasant Hill. Born at Pleasant Hill, July 8, 1889. Enlisted at Pittsfield, April 29, 1918. Overseas June 12, 1918. Action in Toul sector Aug. 28-Oct. 4; St. Mihiel offensive Sept. 12-16; Preny Raid Of­fensive Sept. 26: Meuse-Argonne Oct. 18-Nov. 11; Grand Pre attack Oct. 23-24. Discharged 'at Camp Grant, Ill., May 22, 1919.

ELZA C. SMITH #17
Private, Hospital Corps. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Smith, of Nebo. Born at Nebo, Nov. 25, 1893. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Nov. 19, 1917. Overseas Sept. 21, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., Sept. 18, 1919.


GEORGE E. WALKER #18 Corporal, 111th Guard Co. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Walker of Hull. Born at Hull Dec. 20, 1886. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Feb. 22, 1918. Overseas Sept. 18. 1918, Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., July 12, 1919.

BRADY E. WATTERS #19 Sergeant, Medical Department, Base Hospital. Son of John and Elizabeth Trew of Hull. Born at Colchester. Ill., Feb. 19, 1886. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Oct. 3. 1917. Promoted to corporal, Oct. 21, 1918: to sergeant, March, 1919. Date of discharge not given.


WARREN W. WATTERS #20 Cook, Co. B. 123rd Machine Gun Bn., 33rd Div. Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Watters of Pittsfield. Born at Pittsfield, June 12, 1886. En­listed at Quincy, Ill., June 20, 1917. Overseas May 24, 1918. Action at Amiens-Albert Aug. 12-21, 1918; Verdun Sector Meuse-Argonne Sept. 9-26; Troyon-Meuse Oct. 11; Army of Occupation Dec., 1918, to April, 1919. Dis­charged at Camp Grant, Ill., May 30, 1919.