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Submitted by; Mary Ellen (CULL) Sparkman

One of the Early Calls of World War I

Front Row; J. C. Mench, Y. M. C. A., L.C. Parks, Dr. C. J. Boswell, & G. J. Murphy

Second Row; Ward Corzine, George Hardesty, Carl McIntire, Charles Crippen, Elijah Duckworth, & Seth Reed.

Third Row; ? Coleman, James Edwards, ? Jones, Charlie Vonnida, Harry Weiting, & Henry Wiesenborn.

Fourth Row; George Knupp, ? Robinson, Gilbert Ervin, Mat Fallenstein, the last is unknown.

Fifth Row; Clarence Taylor, Werner Schnaare, Walter Pauls, & Ernest Bagby.

Many men from Pulaski County had enlisted in Company K, Illinois Militia, and had gone with General Pershing to the Mexican border. At the Declaration of War, this outfit was sworn into Federal service and was placed in the 130th Infantry which became a unit in the 33td Division AEF. This outfit saw much service in France and was apart of the first Army of occupation in Germany.

In all, a total of 468 men from Pulaski County were in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps. and other branches of the service during 1917 to 1919. Many served with distinction overseas and some made the supreme sacrifice.

According to the records of the Pulaski County Memorial Association, the men Killed in Action from Pulaski County were:

Frank Cannon John Miller

Barney Crouch Ray Palmer

Elijah Duckworth Virgil Taylor

Orin Koonce Otis Turbaville

Boyd Metcalf Loren Lence

Louis Phares Dave Fitzpatrick

According to the same records the men who died while in the Armed Services were;

Sherman Bell Roy Morket

Stephen Carney Henry Reece

Chas. Crippen Geo. Ross

Floyd Derr Ralph Vick

Geo. Lampley Nelson Willis

Robert Meals Thomas Price

Silas Moore

After the end of the fighting and after demobilization most of the men from Pulaski County returned home to their former work, and life again resumed its normal even keel.

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