Our Fallen 58: World War I Soldiers of Greene County, Pennsylvania

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Greene Connections

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Entry/Object ID

2018.1.1

Description

From its rolling hills where sheep flourished to its small-town bricked roads, Greene County, Pennsylvania, parted with over 1,000 soldiers and civilian volunteers who pledged to fight for freedom and democracy abroad and left home bound for the Great War. The National Guard Armory in the county seat of Waynesburg, brought the reality of war to town swiftly, as they were fast recruiting and training over 150 local boys who became part of Company K, 110th Infantry, 28th Division. Marched off to training before the end of Summer 1917, other soldiers soon followed them, spreading Greene County's citizenry across the many Commands of the American Expeditionary Forces. On July 18, 1918, at Vierzy, France, Joseph Horner Bissett, fighting with the 2nd Division, became the first Greene County soldier to fall in battle. Ten days later, between July 28 and 29, 1918, the community sustained the largest loss of life in a single battle, ever in its military history, when 18 of the hometown Company K soldiers were killed or mortally wounded in the Battle of Grimpettes Woods near the villages of Fresnes-en-Tardenois, Cierges, Courmont, and Roncheres, France. By war's end, Greene County, Pennsylvania, mourned 58 fallen heroes. We remember these 58 Fallen here in stories and images, and tributes from those they loved. Through honoring them we aim to salute all who served in this great struggle for a greater sense of right and good round the world.

Collection

Candice Lynn Buchanan Collection

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Search Terms

Areford family, Bissett family, Buchanan family, Caldwell family, Carey family, Closser family, Courtwright family, Crayne family, Creel family, Davis family, Dunn family, Durbin family, Duvall family, Ewart family, Farrell family, Gabler family, Grim family, Grinage family, Heatley family, Henline family, Hickman family, Huffman family, Jacobs family, Lemley family, Lewis family, Lippencott family, Manning family, Marshall family, Martin family, McCarty family, McNeely family, McNicholas family, Meighen family, Military, Moore family, Murphy family, Orndoff family, Paden family, Patterson family, Patton family, Pettit family, Phillips family, Pipes family, Porter family, Raber family, Rain Day Boys, Riggle family, Risor family, Scott family, Staggers family, Stoneking family, Strosnider family, Swart family, Throckmorton family, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th. Regiment, 110th. Company K., Veterans--World War I, Ward family, Waychoff family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Armory, Wildman family, Yoders family, Zahniser family

Book Details

Author

Buchanan, Candice Lynn, Toothman, Glenn Jacob Roy Thornton (III)

Place Published

Location

Pennsylvania / Greene County / Waynesburg

Date Published

Oct 13, 2018

ISBN

1726744299

LCCN

2019394082

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Areford, John Goslin [1889-1919]

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Bissett, Joseph Horner [1887-1918]

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Buchanan, Albert (a/k/a Bert) [1892-1918]

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Caldwell, John Dick [1894-1918]

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Carey, Harold Thomas [1896-1918]

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Closser, Hallie Jackson [1885-1918]

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Courtwright, John [1894-1918]

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Crayne, Thomas Ewing [1892-1918]

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Creel, James Frederick [1897-1918]

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Davis, Albert [1894-1918]

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Dunn, Harry [1895-1918]

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Durbin, Daniel Goodwin [1890-1918]

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Duvall, John Grimes [1897-1918]

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Ewart, Samuel Howard [1889-1918]

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Farrell, James Leo [1898-1918]

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Gabler, Allen Kramer [1890-1918]

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Grim, Jesse Perry [1893-1918]

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Grinage, Edward [1891-1918]

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Heatley, Robert Taylor [1894-1918]

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Henline, Roy Luke [1896-1918]

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Hickman, Floyd Thomas [1896-1918]

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Huffman, Floyd Burdette [1897-1918]

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Jacobs, Edward Westley [1896-1918]

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Lemley, Max [1893-1918]

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Lewis, John Harris [1892-1918]

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Lippencott, Herbert Hoskinson [1888-1918]

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Manning, Benjamin Arvid [1893-1918]

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Marshall, Frederick W. [1897-1918]

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Marshall, George William (Jr.) [1895-1918]

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Martin, Edward [1879-1967]

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McCarty, Alfred Roy [1892-1918]

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McNeely, George T. [1899-1918]

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McNicholas, Edward [1888-1918]

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Meighen, William Holland Gordon [1881-1918]

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Moore, Charles Leroy [1892-1918]

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Moore, Francis Benton [1893-1918]

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Murphy, Charles Edward [1897-1918]

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Orndoff, Ralph Gordon [1895-1918]

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Paden, John Milton [1885-1918]

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Patterson, Floyd Whitlatch [1890-1942]

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Patton, James Burson [1889-1918]

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Pettit, Samuel Leland [1895-1918]

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Phillips, Walter Lindsay [1891-1918]

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Pipes, Ragan Hughes [1890-1919]

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Porter, John Inghram [1898-1918]

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Raber, Lee [1897-1918]

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Riggle, Walter Bertram [1894-1918]

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Risor, Walter [1891-1918]

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Rush, Lee [1886-1918]

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Scott, Ira Cyrus [1892-1918]

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Staggers, Lawrence Leslie [1896-1918]

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Stoneking, George Playford [1896-1918]

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Strosnider, Floyd Spragg [1891-1918]

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Swart, James Hobart [1896-1918]

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Throckmorton, William Webster [1897-1918]

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Ward, Ray [1889-1918]

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Waychoff, Francis Marion [1888-1918]

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Wildman, Ira Lafayette [1895-1918]

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Yoders, Russell Kenneth [1899-1918]

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Zahniser, Norman Montgomery [1894-1918]

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*Amazon.com (As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.), *Greene County, Pennsylvania World War I Memorial and Profiles, *Library of Congress Catalog Entry