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Allegheny County World War I

Abramco to Avello Ugoda to Urbanack
Baczynski to Berardi Valasek to Vought
Berecine to Bracken Wachter to
Yanuzzi to Yute
Zakczewski to Zylinski


Biographies of Servicemen (Including Also Seven Enlisted Women Nurses)

+ Died During Service
++ Female Nurse


Berecine, John A. Glassmere
Selected
Enlisted:  Feb. 26, 1918
Age at entrance:  25
Engineers
Co. C, 601st Engineers
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when dischared:  Private
Date of Discharge:  July 12, 1919
Note:  Overseas June 30, 1918 - July 6, 1919..
Berent, Joseph Natrona
Selected
Enlisted:  Oct. 2, 1917
Age at entrance:  21
Infantry
Company F, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Corporal
Date of discharge:  June 12, 1919
Note:  Participated in activities at Aisne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
Was taken captive in the Meuse-Argonne and held as a prisoner for six months. Released after the signing of the armistice.
+ Berent, Walter Francis Natrona
Enlisted
Enlisted:  March 10, 1917
Age at entrance:  26
Infantry
Co. D, 111th Reg., 28th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Hancock and France
Rank when discharged:  Corporal
Date of discharge:  Oct. 12, 1918
Killed in action at Verdun.
Beresik, John Joseph Natrona
Selected
Entrance:  April 4, 1918
Age at entrance: 23
Infantry
Company E, 318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  June 4, 1919
Note:  Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919. 
Berkes, Thomas Anthony Springdale
Selected
Date of entrance:  Oct. 2, 1917
Age at entrance:  21
Infantry
Co. F, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Sergeant
Date of discharge:  June 22, 1919
Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919.
Participated in activities at St. Milhiel and Meuse-Argonne.
Wounded in Battle of Argonne.
Bermont, Charles Edward Brackenridge
Selected
Date of entrance:  April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:  31
Engineers
Location while in service:  Camp Lee, Camp Humphreys and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  July 14, 1919
Overseas June 30, 1918-July 8, 1919.
Bernardini, Domenico Creighton
Selected
Date of entrance:  Oct. 2, 1917
Age at entrance:  24
Infantry
Headquarters Co., 7th Reg., 3rd Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  Aug. 28, 1919
Note:  Participated in activities at Belleau Woods, Aisne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne.  Served with Army of Occupation. Returned to U. S. A. Aug. 20, 1919. 
Bernardo, Frank Harmarville
Selected
Date of entrance:  April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:  24
Infantry
Co. F, 318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  June 3, 1919
Note: Overseas for one year. 
Biehl, Charles Clifford Tarentum
R? Enlisted
Date of entrance:  Dec. 12, 1917
Age at entrance:  28
Air Service
84th Aero Squadron
Location while in service:  Columbus Barracks and Kelly Field
Rank when discharged:  Sergeant Major
Date of discharge:  May 20, 1919
Biehl, Theodore Tarentum 
R? Enlisted
Date of entrance:  June 20, 1918
Age at entrance:  30
Aviation
184th Squadron
Location while in service:  Cornell
Rank when discharged:  Sergeant
Date of discharge:  March 19, 1919
Bish, Seth J. Brackenridge
Selected
Date of entrance:  Feb. 26, 1918
Age at entrance:  25
Engineers
Location while in service:   Camp Lee and Belair, Va.
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Feb. 29, 1919
Bish, William A. Birdville
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  Sept. 26, 1913
Age at entrance:  29
Cavalry
Troop E, 25th Reg.
Location while in service:  Mexican Border
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Sept. 26, 1917
Black, Milton M. Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  April 1, 1918
Age at entrance:  24
Co. F, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  June 12, 1919
Note: Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919. Participated in activities at St. Milhiel and Meuse-Argonne.
Slightly wounded in action Sept. 28, 1918.
Black, William Arthur Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  Apr. 27, 1918
Age at entrance:  21
Motor Transportation Corps
325th Motor Transportation Co.
Location while in service:  Camp Sherman and France
Rank when discharged:  Sergeant First Class
Date of discharge:  Aug. 14, 1919
Participated in activities at Argonne Woods. Served with Army of Occupation.
Blackson, Earl Leory Brackenridge
R? Enlisted
Date of entrance:  June 9, 1917
Age at entrance:  21
Ambulance Corps
112th Ambulance Unit, 28th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Hancock and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  May 21, 1919
Note:  Overseas May 18, 1918 - May 9, 1919.
Blakley, Thomas Rea Springdale
Selected
Date of entrance:  April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:  26
Infantry
318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Corporal
Date of discharge:  June 4, 1919.
Block, John Natrona
Selected
Date of entrance:  Feb. 11, 1918
Age at entrance:  23
Infantry
Headquarters Co., 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  Feb. 28, 1919
Note:  Overseas May 18, 1918 - Dec. 17, 1918. Wounded in the back at Albert Sector July 28, 1918. Returned a casual.
Block, Michael Natrona
Selected
Date of entrance:  Nov. 8, 1918
Age at entrance:  24
Unassigned
Location while in service:  Columbia Barracks and Camp Sherman.
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Dec. 12, 1918
Blythe, John McLellan Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  May 7, 1917
Age at entrance:  21
Engineers
Location while in service:  Oakmont and France
Rank when discharged:  Corporal
Date of discharge:  March 26, 1919
Note:  Overseas July 9, 1917 - March 17, 1919. Participated in activities at Verdun, and St. Milhiel. Slightly gassed. Returned a casual.
Bocko, Frank Springdale
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  Sept. 1918
Age at entrance:  22
Czecho Slovak Army
Date of discharge:  Sept. 4, 1919
Bogacki, John Natrona
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:  23
Infantry
Co. I, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  June 17, 1919
Note:  Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919.
Bolewicz, Louis Leonard Natrona
R? Enlisted
Date of entrance:  July 26, 1918
Age at entrance:  21
Marines, 6th Reg., 2nd Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Humphreys
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  July 26, 1919.
Bolewicz, Martin Natrona
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:  28
Infantry
Co. H, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  July 15, 1919
Note: Participated in activities at Artois Sector, Aprimont, St. Milhiel, and Meusse-Argonne.
Bolin, Albert W. Brackenridge
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:  25
Infantry
Company I, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:   Camp Lee and France
Rank:  Sergeant First Class
Note:  Participated in activities at Artois Sector, St. Milhiel, and Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
Bollinger, William Edward Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:  22
Infantry
Company M, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Jan. 31, 1918
Boney, Joseph Kennedy Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance: 27
Infantry
319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Dec. 1, 1917.
Bonner, Brice F. Brackenridge
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  June 22, 1916
Age at entrance:  21
Infantry
327th Field Mount Squadron
Location while in service:  Camp Hancock and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  July 18, 1919
Note:  Overseas Sept. 8, 1918 - July 10, 1919. Served with old 18th Reg. Guarded bridges, etc., until sent to France where he was transferred to Mounted Field Squadron.
Books, George Delanson Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance: Sept. 4, 1917
Age at entrance:  23
Infantry
Co. A, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and American University, Washington, D. C.
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Dec. 16, 1918.
Transferred to experimental department in Washington.
Boreland, Eldawain Elsworth Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  May 27, 1918
Age at entrance:  28
Transfer Service
Co. 8th
Location while in service:  Camp Humphreys and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  July 22, 1919
Note: Overseas July 10, 1918 - July 16, 1919.
Boreland, John Wesley Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:  25
Infantry
Company I, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class
Date of discharge:  June 12, 1919
Note: Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919. Participated in activities at Artois Sector, St. Milhiel and Meuse Offensive.
Borland, James Wilson Jr. Cheswick
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 4, 1918
Age at entrance:  21
Engineers
Co. A, 124th Engineers
Location while in service:  Camp Forest
Rank when discharged:  Corporal
Date of discharge:  Dec. 23, 1918.
Borushko, Joseph Glassmere
Selected
Date of entrance:  Feb. 26, 1918
Age at entrance:  28
Engineers
Co. A, 45th Engineers
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Date of discharge:  Sept. 9, 1919
Note:  Overseas July 10, 1918 - Aug. 27, 1919.
Bouch, Chauncy Lloyd Brackenridge
Selected
Date of entrance:  April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:  21
Infantry
Co. C, 145th Reg., 37th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  April 10, 1919
Note: Overseas June 15, 1918 - March 27, 1919. Participated in activities at Aclives, Baccarat Sector, Pannes, Avocourt, Meuse-Argonne, Ypres, and Lys.
Bouch, George M. Brackenridge
Enlisted
Date of entrance: July 8, 1918
Age at entrance:  20
Cavalry
Location while in service:  Columbus Barracks and Mexican Border
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Aug. 11, 1919.
Bouch, Robert Barkley Brackenridge
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:  26
Infantry
Co. I, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Corporal
Date of discharge:  June 13, 1919
Note:  Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919. Participated in activities in Artois Sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
Bovard, Paul Grubbs Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  Oct. 11, 1918
Age at entrance:  20
Students Army Training Corps.
Location while in service:  Washington-Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Dec. 15, 1918
Bowman, Charles Tarentum
Selected
(COL.)
Date of entrance:  Oct. 27, 1917
Age at entrance:  23
Engineers
Co. B, 505th Engineers
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of death:  July 5, 1919
Bowman, George Turney Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  April 27, 1917
Age at entrance:  20
Navy
Location while in service:  Cape May, Philadelphia, and Buffalo
Rank when discharged:  Machinist Third Class
Date of discharge:  July 1, 1919
Note: Was in Homestead Steel from Jan. 1 to July 1, 1919 as inspector of steel plates.
Bowser, Edward Wallace Natrona
Selected
Date of entrance:  April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:  29
Infantry
32nd Development Bat.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee
Rank when discharged:  Private First Class and Bugler
Date of discharge:  Dec. 10, 1918.
Bowser, Espy Clarence Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:  Oct. 2, 1917
Age at entrance:  25
Infantry
Headquarters Co., 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Oct. 30, 1917.
Bowser, Paul Lawson Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  Aug. 23, 1917
Age at entrance:  20
Infantry
Headquarters Co., 111th Reg., 28th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Hancock and France
Rank while in service:  Private
Date of discharge:  May 13, 1919.
Bowser, Robert L. Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  Sept. 10, 1917
Age at entrance:  17
Infantry
Co. B, 112th Reg., 28th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Hancock and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  May 6, 1919
Note: Overseas May 7, 1918 - May 1, 1919. Participated in all activities of regiment. Was wounded by machine gun fire in right lung. Immediately after being discharged he re-enlisted in regular army for one year.
Bowser, Walter Natrona
Selected
Date of entrance:  May 27, 1918
Age at entrance:  27
Engineers
Co. A, 45th Engineers
Location while in service:  Camp Humphreys and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  Aug. 6, 1919
Note: Overseas July 4, 1918 - July 30, 1919.
Boyd, Robert Harper Tarentum
R? Enlisted
Date of entrance:  May 17, 1918
Age at entrance:  30
Naval Reserve Force
Electrical Department
Location while in service:  Camp May, Philadelphia and U. S. S. Sant Terisa
Rank when discharged:  Electrician Second Class
Date of discharge:  Feb. 25, 1919.
Bracken, Frank R. Brackenridge
Enlisted
Date of entrance:  April 13, 1917
Age at entrance:  18
Infantry
Co. M, 111th Reg., 28th Div.
Location while in service:  Ridgway, Camp Hancock and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge:  May 16, 1919
Note: Overseas May 5, 1918 - . Wounded in Aug. 10, 1918.
Bracken, Jesse Burnell Brackenridge
Selected
Date of entrance:  Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance: 23
Infantry
Co. H, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:  Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:  Private
Date of discharge: June 12, 1919
Note: Overseas May 18, 1918 - June 2, 1919. Participated in activities at Artois Sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.

Transcribed from District No. 15 (Tarentum) of Allegheny County Pennsylvania in the Great War : A History of  Activities at Home and Abroad from the Declaration of War in 1917 to the Home-comings in 1919,
Published by:  Allegheny Historical Society, 1923


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