George William Christopher Pearson was born December 15, 1891 in Cullison, Kansas. Heworked as a grocery clerk at Farnsworth Mercantile in Cullison, and was described as being ofmedium height and build with gray eyes and black hair. He would enter Camp Funston, Kansason September 19, 1917 and become a member of Co H of the 353 regiment, which had beenorganized at Funston on September 5, 1917. On February 18, 1918 he would marry LaveniaIsabel Burns,…
John E. Hogan was born in Chicopee, MA on February 4, 1896. Katherine Carney, the daughterof John and Katherine (Collins) Carney was born in Peabody, MA around 1899. John served inCo B of the 8th Massachusetts Infantry. He would be recommended for discharge due to eyeproblems in October of 1917. However, his discharge papers would be misplaced and wouldstill be with the regiment when they moved to North Carolina in November. Sometime afterDecember 17th (his…
Frank Dennis Rogers, the second of five children of Dennis and Mary Ann (Doody) Rogers, wasborn November 9, 1891. His father would pass away after a long illness in 1903 when Frank waseleven. At the time of his entering the military as a private on December 13, 1917 he was astorekeeper residing in Wallingford, Conn., described as being of medium height, slender build,with gray eyes and dark hair. He served in the 322 Motor Repair…
Charles Morse Luther, the son of William A. and Ada C. (Rogers) Luther, was born in Johnston, R.I.on January 19, 1891. He served as a corporal in Co 470 of Motor Supply Train 418. He returnedto the United States on the USS Mount Vernon which left Brest on June 28, 1919, arriving inHoboken N.J, on July 5, 1919.In 1920 he was employed as a jitney chauffeur and resided with his brother Frank and sister-in-law Mabel…
