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Allegheny County
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Allegheny County World War I
Biographies of Servicemen (Including Also Seven
Enlisted Women Nurses)
+ Died During Service
++
Female Nurse
| Bradley, James Earl |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 7, 1917;
Age at
entrance: 17
Infantry
Co. M, 111th
Reg.. 28th Div.
Location while in service: Camp
Hancock and France
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge: June 28, 1910
Note: Overseas
May 5, 1918-June 22, 1919. Participated ia activities at
Chateau Thierr, Ourcq, Vesle, Meuse-Argonne, Fismes and Fismette. Wounded
with shrapnel in Argonne Oct. 26,
1918.
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| Brashear, James Elliott |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance: Oct.
4, 1918
Age at entrance: 21
Selected Service Recruit
31st Reserve Co., G. S. S.
Location while
in service: Fort Thomas
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: April 22, 1919 |
| Braun, Emmons Harold |
Natrona
Enlisted
Date of entrance: Feb.
4, 1918
Age at entrance: 23
Auto Squadron
376th Auto Squadron
Location while in service: Fort Slocum
and Kelly Field
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge:
May 14, 1919 |
| Brideson, Arthur Garrett |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Aug. 13, 1918
Age at entrance:
21
Unassigned
Location while in service: Camp Lee
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of discharge: Sept. 6,
1918 |
| Briggs, Alexander |
Tarentum
Selected
Date
of entrance: Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:
27
Infantry
Co. H, 319th Reg., 80th
Div.
Location while in service:
Camp Lee and France
Rank
when discharged: Sergeant
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
Offensives. |
| Brim, Louis J. |
Creighton
Selected
Date of
entrance: April 4, 1918
Age at
entrance: 24
Infantry
Co. E, 318th Reg.,
80th Div.
Location while in
service: Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of discharge: June 4,
1919
Note: Wounded in left hand
by machine gun bullet Oct. 4, 1918. |
| Brim, Stephen C. |
Creighton
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 2, 1917
Age at entrance:
22
Infantry
Co. 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 of Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihiel.
Gassed Oct. 4, 1918 in Meuse-Argonne
Forest. |
| Brinley, John Herman |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:
24
Infantry
Co. I, 319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service: Camp Lee
Rank
when discharged: Private
Date of discharge: Jan. 2,
1918 |
| Britton, Charles Mellon |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: May 23, 1917
Age at entrance:
27
Engineers
Co. B, 3d Battalion
Location while in service: Fort Slocum
and France
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of
discharge: June 7, 1919
Note: Participated
in activities at Campaigne Sector Verdun, Chateau Thierry,
and Seuly. |
| Brock, William John |
Cheswick
Selected
Date of
entrance: April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:
22
Infantry
Co. E,
318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in service:
Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged: Private First
Class
Date of discharge: June
22, 1919
Note: Participated in activities at St. Mihiel and
Meuse-Argonne. |
| Brooks, Frank Gary |
Tarentum
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 10, 1918
Age at entrance:
25
Ordinance
Department
Location while in service: Officers Reserve
Corps.
Columbus Barracks, University
of Pittsburgh, E. O. C. U. A. Camp Hancock, Carneys Point, N.
J., Nashville, Erie Proving
Grounds and Ohio.
Rank when discharged: Second
Lieutenant
Date of
discharge: Feb. 7, 1919 |
| Brooks, Michael |
Brackenridge
Selected
Date
of entrance: Sept. 4, 1918
Age at entrance:
21
Engineers
Location while in service: Camp Forest
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of
discharge: Dec. 18, 1918 |
| Brough, John Jackson |
Springdale
R?
Enlisted
Date
of entrance: Dec. 28, 1917
Age at entrance:
24
Canadian R. R. Construction
Co. A, 13th
Battalion
Location while in service: Hamilton, Ont., and
France
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge: March 15, 1919 |
| Brown, Edward |
Creighton
Enlisted
Date
of entrance: June 8, 1918
Age at entrance:
19
Marine
Corps
Co. C, 6th Separate
Battalion
Location while in service: Paris Island, Quantico, France, Belgium and
Germany
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of discharge: Aug. 13,
1919
Note: Overseas Aug. 18, 1918- .
Transferred to 8th Machine Gun Co., 5th Reg. Marines, 2nd Div.
Participated in activities at St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. Served with Army of
Occupation. |
| Brown, Eugene Mahaffey |
Tarentum
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. |
| Brown, Guilford Clement |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Aug. 30, 1918
Age at entrance:
21
Infantry
Co. C, 1st Provisional Guard Battalion and Special
Duty
Location while in service: Camp
Lee
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge:
Dec. 15, 1918 |
| Brown, Joseph |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:
30
Infantry
Co. G,
161st Reg., 1st Div.
Location while in service:
Camp Lee and France
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of
discharge: March 4, 1919
Note: Overseas Feb. 27,
1918-Feb. 22, 1919. Severely gassed in Chateau Thierry Drive. Police
Duty. |
| Brown, Lawrence |
Creighton
Selected
Date
of entrance: Oct. 27, 1917
Age at entrance:
24
Engineers
505th Engineers
Location while in
service: Camp Lee and France
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of discharge: June
5, 1919
Note: Participated in activities at Toul
Sector, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. |
| Brown, William |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance:
May 4, 1918
Age at
entrance: 23
Infantry
Co. C, 51st Reg., 6th
Div.
Location while in service: Camp Forest, England,
France, and Germany
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of discharge: June 18,
1919 |
| Bruce, John Harrison |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Feb. 26, 1918
Age at entrance:
29
Infantry
Co. F, 109th Reg., 28th Div.
Location
while in service: Camp Lee and France
Rank when
discharged: Private
Date of discharge: May 18,
1919
Note: Participated in
activities at Chateau Thierry, Meuse-Argonne, Ourcq, Vesle,
and Thiaucourt. Slightly gassed at Thiaucourt Oct.
15, 1918. |
| Brumbaugh, Chester
Charles |
Springdale
Selected
Date
of entrance: Sept. 30, 1918
Age at entrance:
18
Students Army
Training School
3d Co.,
Location
while in service: University of
Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa.
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge: Dec.
12, 1918 |
| Brunner, John H. |
Glassmere
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: Sept. 12, 1918
Age at entrance:
20
Naval Reserves
Lake Service
Location while in service: Great
Lakes Training
School, Rocky River and Port Clinton, Ohio
Rank
when discharged: Engineer First Class
Date of discharge: Jan. 12,
1920 |
| Bryan, Charles Francis |
Brackenridge
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:
21
Infantry
319th Reg., 80th Div.
Location
while in service: Camp Lee and
France
Rank:
Private First Class
Date of discharge: June 13, 1919
Note: Overseas about one
year. |
| Bryan, Charles H. |
Harmarville
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: May 28, 1918
Age at entrance:
30
Engineers
Co. A, 545th
Engineers
Location while in service: United States, France and Germany
Rank when
discharged: Sergeant
Date of
discharge: July 5, 1919
Note: Participated in all
activities of regiment in France. Served with Army of
Occupation. Re-enlisted and assigned to Co. K, 50th Reg. Inf., and
Brig. Stationed in Germany. |
| Bryson, Miller Reed |
Brackenridge
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 18, 1917
Age at entrance:
23
Infantry
Co. G., 318th Reg., 80th Div.
Location while in
service: Camp Lee
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of discharge:
Note:
Wounded in Meuse-Argonne Offensive. |
| Buchanan, Frank |
Springdale
Selected
Date of
entrance: May 27, 1918
Age at entrance:
23
Engineer
541st Corps.
Location while
in service: Camp Humphreys and France
Rank when
discharged: Regiment
Supply Sergeant
Date of discharge: Aug. 1,
1919 |
| Bucholski, John |
Natrona
Selected
Date of
entrance: Sept. 18, 1917
Age at
entrance:
Infantry
Co. I, 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. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne
Offensives. Slightly gassed. |
| Burchfield, Edwin
Ruthven |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 11, 1918
Age at entrance:
19
Students Army
Training Corps.
Co. B
Location while in
service: Washington-Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.
Rank when discharged: Private
Date of discharge:
Dec. 15, 1918 |
| Burchfield, John F. |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of
entrance: Oct. 1, 1918
Age at entrance:
21
Students Army
Training Corps
Officers Training School
Location while in
service: Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pittsburg, Pa.
Rank when discharged: Corporal
Date of discharge:
Nov. 20, 1918 |
| Burger, John E. |
Natrona
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: Jan. 4, 1917
Age at entrance:
20
Infantry
Co. H, 60th Reg., 5th Div.
Location while in service: United
States and France
Rank when
discharged: Private First
Class
Date of discharge:
Note:
Overseas March 15, 1918-March 19, 1919. Participated in
activities of marne, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
Prayer book in upper left hand pocket stopped a machine gun
bullet in battle of St. Mihiel. Wounded three times and gassed
in Battle of Marne. |
| Burress, Henry |
Creighton
Selected (Col.)
Date of
entrance: Oct. 27, 1917
Age at entrance:
30
Engineers
Co. B, 505th Engineers
Location while in
service: Camp Lee and France
Rank
when discharged: Private First Class
Date of discharge: June
5, 1919 |
| + Burtch, Charles
Russell |
Tarentum
Selected
Date of entrance: Jan. 3, 1918
Age at entrance:
27
Ordnance, Transferred to Engineers
Co. D, 8th Brig., 20th Engineers
Location while in service:
American University, Washington, D. C. and France
Rank when discharged:
Private
Date of death: March
14, 1918
Note: Taken ill on
transport with pneumonia and died a few
days after reaching France. |
| Butkosky, George |
Glassmere
Enlisted
Date
of entrance: Aug. 20, 1918
Age at entrance:
20
Infantry
Headquarters Co., 4th
Battalion, First Class Regiment
Location while in service: Columbus
Barracks and Camp Sherman
Rank when
discharged: Private First
Class
Date of discharge: Dec.
17, 1918. |
| Butland, Hugh Paul |
Natrona
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 4, 1918
Age at entrance:
21
Medical
Corpsl
Base Hospital No. 41
Location while in service: Columbus
Barracks, Camps
Greenleaf, Sevier, Mills, and Scotland and France
Rank when discharged: Private
First Class
Date of
discharge: May 1, 1919 |
| Buzzard, Brady Ellsworth |
Brackenridge
Enlisted
Date of
entrance: April 6, 1917
Age at entrance:
21
Infantry
Co.
B, 111th Reg., 28th Div.
Location while in
service: Camp Hancock and
Seagover
Rank when discharged: Sergeant
Date of discharge: May 31,
1919 |
| Buzzard, Floyd James |
Natrona
Selected
Date of
entrance: Feb. 26, 1918
Age at entrance:
26
Infantry
Co. F, 109th Reg., 28th Div.
Location while in service: Camp Lee
Camp Hancock, and France
Rank when
discharged: Corporal
Date of death: May 25,
1919
Note: Participated in activities at St.
Mihiel, Fismes, and Meuse-Argonnes. |
| Bwardina, Toney D. |
Glassmere (Berardina)
Selected
Date of
entrance: Feb. 26, 1918
Age at entrance:
22
Engineers
Location while in service: Camp
Lee and France
Rank when discharged:
Private First Class
Date of discharge: July 12,
1919
Note: Overseas June 30, 1918-July 6,
1919. |
| Byers, John J. |
Tarentum
Elected
Date of
entrance: March 1, 1918
Age at entrance:
27
Tank Corps
345th Battalion
Location while in service: Camp Tobyhanna, Gettysburg,
Pa. and France
Rank when discharged: Sergeant
Date of discharge: April 7,
1919
Participated in activities of Marne 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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Transcribed by C.
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