PIKE COUNTY ILLNOIS

World War I
Honor Roll

With The Colors From Pike County

VERNON BOLIN #1 Private, Co. F, 346th Inf., 87th Div. Son of W. M. and Mary E. Bolin. Born at New Can­ton, Dec. 26, 1895. Enlisted at New Canton, Sept. 4, 1917. Trained at Camp Taylor, Ky., Camp Pike, Ark., and Camp Dix, N. J. Over­seas Sept. 5, 1918. Discharged April 19, 1919.

EMIL BOLIN #2
Private, Co, C. 335th Inf. Son of W. M. and Mary E. Bolin, of New Canton. Born at New Canton, Aug. 21, 1892. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Feb. 23, 1918. Discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., April 18, 1918.

BURDETTE BERRY #3
Private, S. A. T. C., James Milliken Univer­sity. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Berry, of Pleas­ant Hill. Enlisted at Decatur, Ill., Oct. 7, 1918. Discharged at Decatur, Dec. 19, 1918.

GEORGE M. CROSS #4
Private, Army Chemical Service, Baltimore, Md. Son of Mrs. Emma Cross, of Griggsville. Born at Valley City, Ill., Oct. 6, 1896. Enlisted at Pittsfield, May 30, 1918. Discharged in April, 1919.

HUGH D. CARROLL #5
Sergeant, Co. C, 324th Field Signal Bn. Son of James O. Carroll. Born at Pittsfield, July 31, 1888. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Feb. 7, 1918. Ap­pointed Sergeant B. O. No. 189, Oct. 15, 1918. Discharged at Camp Grant, Jan. 17, 1919.

MIKE CARROLL #6
Sergeant, 108th Field Signal Bn. Son of James O. Carroll. Born at Pittsfield, Sept. 26, 1886. Enlisted at Jacksonville, Ill, July 2, 1916, in 5th Ill, Inf. Overseas May 24, 1918. Battles and engagements: Occupation of Vaden line under 3rd Corps, June 23; Somme Offensive, Aug. 9-16; Verdun sector, west of Meuse, Sept. 8-25; Bois de Forge, Sept. 26; Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept. 26-Oct. 21; Bois de Chaumc, Oct. 9; Defense of Troyon sur Meuse, Oct. 25-Nov. 11. Wounded at Metz, Nov. 2, 1918. Wound chevron authorized April 11, 1919. Appointed Sergeant, March 1, 1919. Discharged at Camp Grant, 1ll., June 7, 1919.

MARTIN A. CARROLL #7
Son of James O. Carroll, Pittsfield. No service record received.

NORRIS DILLON #8
First Cook, U. S. N., Submarine Base, Scotland. Son of John and Jane (Ducey) Dillon, of Pittsfield. Born at Pittsfield, Feb. 17, 1894. Enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., March 8, 1918. Transferred from Great Lakes to Scotland, to U. S. S. Piava, to U. S. S. Connecticut. Overseas in April, 1918. Discharged May 28, 1919. Died at Pittsfield, Jan. 14, 1920.
Buried at
Calvary Cemetery

WILLIAM DILLON #9
Sergeant, 339th Machine Gun Bn, 95th Div. Son of John and Jane (Ducey) Dillon, of Pitts­field. Born at Pittsfield, Sept. 14, 1895. En­listed at South Bend, Ind.. May 21, 1918. Trained at Camp Sherman, Ohio. Appointed Sergeant in September, 1918. Discharged Jan. 12, 1919.

WILLIAM R. DUDLEY # 10
Private, 3rd Light School Battery, F. A. Son of Jasper and Mattie Dudley, of Pittsfield. Born at Barry, March 6, 1896. Enlisted at Pittsfield, July 26, 1918. Discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., Dec. 9, 1918. Buried at
Pittsfield West

FLOYD HARRIS #11
Wagoner, 1st Engineer Train, 1st Div. Son of Albert and Margaret Harris, of Valley. Born at Valley, March 29, 1894. Enlisted at Quincy, Ill., June 11, 1917. Overseas Aug. 7, 1917. Bat­tles and engagements: Soissons, May 27-28, 1918; St. Mihiel, Sept. 12-16; Meuse-Argonne, Oct. 4-16, 1918. Gassed at Argonne Forest, Oct. 16. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill., April 28, 1919.
Buried at
Griggsville Cemetery

GUY SAMUEL HELDRETH #14
Water tender, U. S. N. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hildreth, of Griggsville. Born at Griggs­ville, Jan. 7, 1893. Enlisted at Chicago, Ill, May 18, 1917. Transferred from Great Lakes to Philadelphia Navy Yard, to U. S. S. Oklahoma. Overseas in Aug. 1918. Discharged at Great Lakes, April 26, 1919.

FLOYD R.HOLMES#13
2nd Lieut., 27th Field Artillery. Son of Mrs. Fannie Holmes, of Baylis. Born at Baylis, Nov. 9, 1894. Enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., June 3, 1917. Transferred from Ft. Riley, Kan., to Med. Det. 313th F. S. Bn., Camp Dodge, Iowa; to 3rd Officers' Tr. School, Camp Dodge, Ia.; to Camp Jackson, S. C.: to School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla.; to 27th F. A., Camp McClellan, Ala. Discharged at Camp Taylor, Ky., Jan. 30, 1919.

THOMAS A. HOSKINS #12
Private, 1st class, Field Hospital 333, Sanitary Train 309, 84th Div. Son of Thos. and Fannie Hoskins, of El Dara. Born at Pleasant Hill, July 11, 1895. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Sept. 19, 1917. Overseas Sept. 9, 1918. Discharged June 19, 1919.

HARVEY JACOB MINK #15
Private, 128th Engineers. Son of Jerry and Margaret Mink, of Hadley. Born at Pittsfield, Oct. 2, 1895. Enlisted at Pittsfield, Sept. 5, 1918. Overseas Oct. 20, 1918. Discharged July 22, 1919.

CYRIL PULLIAM #16
Private, 1st class. 44th Co., 3rd U. S. Marines. Son of James and Sarah Pulliam, of New Can­ton. Born at New Canton, Aug. 19, 1889. En­listed at Hannibal, Mo., June 8, 1918. Trans­ferred from Paris Island to Santo Domingo. Discharged at Charleston, S. C., July 31, 1919.

RUSSELL O. ROBINSON #17
Corporal, 332nd Motor Transport Co. Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Robinson, of Gooding, Ida. Born at Nebo, July 1, 1899. Enlisted at Salt Lake City, Utah, May 15, 1918. Transferred June 2, front Camp Johnson to Ft. Douglas, Utah; July 14 to Camp Hancock, Ga.; April 17, 1919, to Camp Jessup, Ga. Appointed Corporal Sept. 1, 1918. Discharged at Camp Jessup, Ga., May 3, 1919.


HARRY B.SACKETT #18 Private, 1st class, 27th Co., Motorized Artillery. Son of George and Susan Sackett, of Barry. Born at Decatur, Ill., April 17, 1891. Enlisted at Pittsfield, July 23, 1918. Trained at Camp Mc­Clellan, Ala. Discharged at Camp Grant, Ill.. Feb. 7, 1919.

FRED THIELE #19 Seaman, U. S. N. Son of Gus and Mary Thiele, of Griggsville. Born at Griggsville, April 7, 1897. Enlisted at Peoria, Ill., July 20, 1918. Discharged at Great Lakes, Ill., Feb. 19, 1919.


LEWIS E. WELLS #20 Private, 1st class, P. W. E. Co. 243. Son of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wells, of New Canton. Born at New Canton, Sept, 12, 1888. Enlisted at Pittsfield, May 25, 1918. Overseas Oct. 9, 1918. Discharged at Camp Dix, N. J., Nov. 6, 1919.