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World War I
Veteran Photo Archive
Serving from Franklin County, Illinois
Source: Baird, S. S. (1920). Franklin County, Illinois War History 1832-1919. Frier, H. L. (Ed.). Benton, IL: Hal W. Trovillion. Page 127
(1) ARNETT, Pvt. THOS. PICKNEY; (Chris-
topher) miner; age 27; b. Pickneyville; married
Grace Phillips. Enlisted Aug. 22, St. Louis, Mo.;
overseas Dec. 10. Killed in action; attached Co.
66, 5th Reg.
(2) BOLIN, Pvt. DORSIE JACKSON; (Ben-
ton) farmer; age 25; b. Benton; son of Sadie
Weston, Benton. Entrained May 29, 18, Benton;
overseas July 26, '18; died of wounds Oct. 15, '18;
buried in French Military Cemetery. France.
(3) BAUER, Pvt. WALSTON; (Macedonia)
farmer and teacher; age 22; b. Franklin County;
son of John R. and Virdie Bauer, Benton; mar-
ried Ella Moss; child, June Walston. Entrained
May 29, '18, Benton; died of pneumonia at Camp
Gordon, Ga.; attached Co. A, 5th Repl.
(4) BARNES, Pvt. WILSON BROWNLEW;
San Francisco, Cal.) student; age 28; b. Jeffer-
son County; son of W. J. Barnes and Sarah Jane
Page. Entrained May, '17; overseas Sept., '18;
battles Argonne Forest. Killed Oct. 3, 1919; at-
tached 363-rd Reg., 91st Div.
(5) BERTINO, Pvt. FRANK; (Orient) miner;
age 29; b. Salassa Canavese, Italy; son of Frank
and Margaret Bertino, Italy. Entrained April
27, '18, Benton; overseas Mav, '18; killed Sept.
26, '18, Argonne Front; attached Co. 18, 5th Bn.
(6) BATES, Pvt. DEMPSEY T.; (Sesser)
farmer; age 24; b. near Sesser; son of Kelley
and Malinda Bates, Sesser. Entrained May 29,
'18, Benton; overseas July 26, '18; attached Co.
E, 16th Inf.; killed Oct. 9, '18, by high explo-
sive.
(7) CONNOR, Pvt. MELVIN HORACE; (Ben-
ton) age 18; b. Broughton County; son of Thomas
and Naomi Connor. Enlisted Aug. 5, '17, Ben-
ton; killed during raid on Marchville, France,
about Nov. 10, '18; attached Co. F, 130th Reg.,
33rd Div.
(8) CARDWELL, Pvt. SHERIDAN; (Thomp-
sonville) farmer; age 30; b. Thompsonville; son
of M. G. Cardwell and Mary Knight. Enlisted
'08, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis; overseas June
13, '17; mortally wounded July 18, '18, and died
of wounds while on the battlefield; attached Co.
F, 16th Inf.
(9) COWEN, Pvt. EARL; (West Frankfort)
miner; age 26; b. Pana; son of Isaac and Sarah
Cowen. Entrained April 27, '18, Benton; over-
seas June, '18; wounded Sept. 28, '18, died Oct.
4, '18, near Verdun, France; attached Co. B, 147th
Reg., 37th Div.
(10) DARNELL, Pvt. LESLIE; (Thompson-
ville) age 21; b. Thompsonville; son of Frank
and Laura Darnell. Entrained May 29, '18. Ben-
ton; battles St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne; killed in
action; attached Co. F, 16th Reg., 1st Div.
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Keywords/Tags: THOMAS PICKNEY ARNETT, Grace Phillips, Company 66 5th Regiment, DORSIE JACKSON BOLIN, Sadie Weston, WALSTON BAUER, John R. Bauer, Virdie Bauer, Ella Moss, June Walston, Company A, 5th Repl., WILSON BROWNLEW BARNES, W. J. Barnes, Sarah Jane Page, 363rd Regiment 91st Division, FRANK BERTINO, Margaret Bertino, Company 18 5th Battalion, DEMPSEY T. BATES, Kelley Bates, Malinda Bates, Company E 16th Infantry, MELVIN HORACE CONNOR, Thomas Connor, Naomi Connor, Company F 130th Regiment 33rd Division, SHERIDAN CARDWELL, M. G. Cardwell, Mary Knight, Company F 16th Infantry, EARL COWEN, Isaac Cowen, Sarah Cowen, Company B 147th Regiment 37th Division, LESLIE DARNELL, Frank Darnell, Laura Darnell, Company F 16th Regiment 1st Division, World War I Veterans, Franklin County Illinois