Halifax County NC

Hugh B. House

Corpl., Inf., Hdqrs Co., 81st Div., 322nd Regt.; of Halifax County; son of C. D. and Lula Allen House. Entered service Sept. 4, 1917, at Thelma, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, to Camp Upton, L. I. Sailed for France July 31, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, Vosges Mts., St. Die […]

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Ivey Hedgepeth

Private, Co. K, 120th Regt., 30th Div.; from Halifax County, N.C.; son of A. R. and Katie Hedgepeth. Entered the service at Halifax, N.C., Oct. 2, 1917. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Sailed for France June 6, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Belgium, and Bellicourt. Wounded at battle of Bellicourt Sept. 29, 1918, by shell

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B. S. Holdford

Private, 1st Class, F. Artly., Btry. D, 81st Div., 318th Regt.; of Halifax County; son of W. H. and Mrs. Virginia Holdford. Entered service March 28, 1918, at Weldon, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France Aug. 22, 1918. Arrived in USA June 11, 1919, at

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Charlie A. Nixon

Corpl., Inf., Co. K, 30th Div., 119th Regt. Born in Halifax County; son of William and Mrs. Lena Nixon. Husband of Mrs. Mollie Nixon. Entered service Sept. 7, 1917, at Rosemary, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, then to Camp Merritt and overseas to France May 25, 1918. Promoted

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Charlie M. Rice

Private 1st Class, Artly., Bat. F, 81st Div., 318th F. A. Born in Halifax County; son of Nelson and Mrs. Edith Bell Rice. Entered service May 28, 1918, at Weldon, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson May 27, 1918. Transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y., July 23, 1918. Sailed for France. Mustered out at Camp Lee,

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Bennie Wood

1st Class Private, Inf., Co. H, 3rd Regt.; of Halifax County; son of Ben and Mrs. Sally Wood. Entered service May 17, 1918, at Rocky Mount, N.C. Sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky., then to Eagle Pass, Tex., then to Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. His brother, Leslie Wood, has been in the Army since November, 1912.

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Gus J. Pappas

Corpl., Co. D, 322nd Inf., 81st Div.; of Halifax County; the son of John S. and Elizabeth Pappas. Entered the service at Weldon, N.C., May 28, 1918. Was sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., and from there to Camp Sevier, S. C. Transferred to Camp Upton. Overseas to France July 31, 1918. Fought at Vosges,

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Milton Normon

Corpl., Inf., Co. D, 81st Div., 322nd Regt.; of Halifax County; son of J. H. and Mrs. Annie P. Normon. Entered service May 28, 1918, at Halifax. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, to Camp Upton. Sailed for France Aug. 22, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. December, 1918. Fought at defensive, Alsace-Lorraine,

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C. N. Woolard

Machinist 2nd Class, U. S. N. R. F.; of Halifax County; son of J. E. and Mrs. Myrtie Woolard. Entered service June 25, 1918, at Norfolk, Va. Served on Submarine Chaser S. C. No. 197 and Submarine Chaser S. C. No. 22. Convoy duty from Norfolk, Va., to sea and back. On Mine Sweeper U.

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Edward P. Hyman

Private, 1st Class, M. G. Co. C, 115th Bat., 30th Div. Born in Halifax County, N.C., April 25, 1896; son of E. P. and Bettie Spruill Hyman. Entered the service at Goldsboro, N.C., May 16, 1917. Sent to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sailed for France May 11, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Belgium and the Hindenburg

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Pierce Johnson

Corpl., Amb. Co., 80th Div., 317th Regt., Inf.; of Halifax County; son of Lee and Mary Johnson. Husband of Mrs. Londa Johnson. Entered service June, 1917, at Weldon, N.C. Sent to Camp Lee, Va. Sailed for France May 25, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne. Returned to USA March, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April

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George R. Butts

Corpl., 106th Org. Dept.; of Halifax County. Entered service Nov. 9, 1917, at Roanoke Rapids. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C., and transferred to Camp Mead, Md. Sailed for France Sept. 5, 1918. Fought at Hindenburg Line. Wounded Nov. 11, 1918, shell and machine gun bullet. Returned to USA Dec. 25, 1918. Mustered out at

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Edward Tillery

Private, Remount School. Born in Halifax County; the son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Tillery. Husband of Mrs. Elaine Bullock Tillery. Entered the service at Scotland Neck, N.C., July 22, 1918. Was sent to Camp Hancock, Ga. Volunteered for service. Mustered out at Camp Hancock, Ga., Jan. 29, 1919.

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A. D. Lyerly

1st Class Private, Inf., Co. H, 30th Div., 120th Regt.; of Halifax County; son of C. A. and Mrs. Ann Lyerly. Husband of Irene Lyerly. Entered service July 22, 1917. Sent to Camp Sevier. Sailed for Liverpool, Eng. Fought at St. Quentin. Wounded by shrapnel at the Battle of St. Quentin. Sent to Base Hospital

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