HOMETOWN: Kennedyville
BIRTH-DEATH-BURIAL PLACE 
Born 2/22/1894 – Died 9/21/1970
Buried in Coleman Cemetery
RANK, UNIT –BRANCH:
Private, United States Army,
U.S. Army, Company A, 324th Labor Batallion,Quartermaster Corps Private 1st Class 10 Dec. 1918
ENLISTMENT DATE-DISCHARGE
Enlisted 30 Oct. 1917
Overseas 6/6/18 to 7/1/19 – Discharged 24 July 1919
MAJOR CONFLICT: World War I
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
He was living with his grandparents, George and Mary Ford in 1910 according to the Federal Census. He is described as of medium build and height with black hair and dark eyes in the World I Draft Registration Card. After training in the army he departed on the ship Manchuria from Hoboken, NJ for service in Europe. After returning from the war, we find him once again at the home of his grandparents in Kennedyville, according to the Federal Census. His wife’s name was Clara, and according to the 1930 Federal Census they were living in the Ford household in Kennedyville. He worked both before and after the war as a farm laborer.
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