Fred Shy was born August 23, 1890 in Lawrenceberg, Indiana. He was a skilled laborer employed by Bishop Saw Works. He was described as being short and slender with blue eyes and black hair. He enlisted December 11, 1917. He was a corporal in the 14th Co 4th Mechanized Regiment. He sailed for Europe on July 15, 1918. He returned to the U.S. aboard the USS Calamares which left St. Nazaire June 27, 1919 and…
William Strauss Motter, the eldest of four children of George and Margaret Strauss, was born in York, Pa on November 19, 1896. While a sophomore at the University of Pennsylvania he and his fellow Penn student Samuel Brenner enlisted at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on March 16, 1918. He attended aviation school at Kelly Field Texas until June 20, 1918. He was a private in the 85th, 137th, 407th, and 254th Aero Squadrons serving in Europe…
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…
Alfred Otto Veigel was born January 5, 1900 in Belleville Illinois, the child of German immigrants. At the time of his enlistment he resided in Belleville and was employed at the American Battery and Carbon Works. Together with his friend Raymond Yaekel, he enlisted in the army on May 4, 1918. He from New York to Europe on July 14th where he served in the 62nd Engineers on a medical detachment, and in the 86th…
Biography Frank Leonard Brines was born on May 22, 1897 in Morrill County, Nebraska. He was one of eight children of John Garret Brines and Julia Ann (Dunbar) Brines. He resided in Bridgeport, Nebraska and worked as a driver on a dray line. The letters below were written to Ella Tucker of Readington, Nebraska born July 31, 1900. Frank would sail for France aboard the Teucer on September 25, 1918 as a member of CoE,…
Mary Fee, one of three children of Charles and Belle Fee of Cisco, Texas was born in 1901 or 1902. Her was a merchant and City Commissioner and Mary often appeared on the social pages of Fort Worth newspapers. On November 9, 1936, she married William Wender. They resided in Shreveport, Louisiana where William died in 1988. Mary died on May 13, 2002 at the age of 100. The letters below were written to Mary…
Biography Royle Raymond Stafford was born on January 14, 1897 in Altoona, Kansas. His father C.A. Stafford was a successful businessman owning a fruit ranch in Washington, and Stafford’s Dry Goods & Grocery Store in Altoona, which he had established in 1888. In 1915, he and his friend Merill Gerkin would travel to San Francisco to as members of the Student’s Military Encampment. From San Francisco they would travel to Portland, Oregon by ship. In…
