COLLECTION NAME:
World War I Honor Roll
Record
Filename:
MCPL_WW1HR_82.jpg
Identifier:
MCPL_WW1HR_82
Title:
WWI Honor Roll Page 080
Creator:
C. W. Whiting
Subject:
World War -- 1914-1918
Subject:
Armed services
Subject:
Soldiers
Publisher:
McCracken County Public Library
Contributor:
Chas E. Smith, Editor
Contributor:
Billings Printing Co., Paducah, KY
Contributor:
Transcribed by Devin Cook
Date:
1919
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Image/JPG
Language:
English
Coverage:
McCracken County (KY)
Rights:
Public Domain
Text:
Sergt. Robt. Hughel McCarty; Paducah, Kentucky; Born at Paducah, Ky., May 10, 1896; Son of Robert E. and Maggie L. McCarty; Entered Co. B., 5th Division, 61st Infantry July 16, 1917. Over the top several times. Was in the battles of Lille and Chateau Thierry.
Text:
Roscoe Reed; Candidate in I. O. T. S.; Paducah, Kentucky; Born at Benton, Ky., January 14, 1885; Son of W. M. and Mary R. Reed; Entered Infantry Septemeber 15, 1918; Enlisted September 15, 1918. Stationed at Camp Buell, Ky., for few weeks, then was selected and transferred to Officer's Training Camp at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill.
Text:
First Sergt. James Clay Finley; Paducah, Kentucky; Born at Paducah, Ky., October 18, 1885; Son of Tate and Zora Finley; In 1906 joined the Standing Army; Was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., two years, then two years in the Philippine Islands. Honorably discharged at Fort Sills, Okla., in 1910. Re-enlisted January 6, 1917, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Was with Gen. Pershing's forces in Mexico. At the time the armistice was signed was stationed at Base Hospital at Fort Oglethorpe.
Text:
John Elliott Willimason, Jr.; Candidate; Paducah, Kentucky; Born at Paducah, Ky., April 13, 1897; Son of John E. and Kate Williamson; Entered Infantry C. O. T. S. Aug. 13, 1918; Trained at Indianapolis, Ind.; and Camp Grant at Rockford, Ill.
Text:
Sergeant Lonnie Rouse; Paducah, Kentucky, Route 1; Born at Lone Oak, Ky., July 13, 1894; Son of Y. D. and Flora G. Rouse; Entered Engineers' Corps June 24, 1918; Trained at Camp Taylor and Fort Benjamin Harrison. Sailed for France Sept. 3, 1918.
