Progress on the book

I've returned to this project (FINALLY) and have a first draft for 108 of the 135 World War I names. Truly amazing stories. Lots of deaths from pneumonia/influenza. Three suicides.

Robert Smith Bailey

Robert Smith Bailey
4138416

Conflict: World War I
Branch of Service: U. S. Army
Unit: Battery B, 3rd Regiment Field Artillery
Rank: Private
Serial Number: 4138416
Death: 12 October 1918
Cemetery: Oakwood Cemetery, Spartanburg, S.C.
Medals / Citations / Awards:

Robert Smith Bailey was born in Anderson Co., S.C., 4 September 1891. He entered the Army 29 August 1918. He was assigned to Co. K, 2 Prov Regiment, 156 Depot Brigade until 31 September1918. At that point, he was assigned to Battery B, 3rd Regiment Field Artillery, Replacement Draft Camp Jackson, Columbia, S.C. He was to have been appointed meat inspector for the government. All the papers had been completed and sent to Washington for approval when he was stricken with influenze which developed into pneumonia. He died at the Camp Jackson Base Hospital 5 October1918. He was married to Iris Gentry, wife, Spartanburg, S.C., who was at his bedside when he died.
He was a business man with the wholesale brokerage firm of Erwin & Bailey of Spartanburg.
The funeral was held at the home of his in-laws: M. O. and Sara Gentry, 132 North Dean St., Spartanburg. Services were conducted by Rev. J. J. Gentry of the Southside Baptist Church. Private Bailey was a member of the First Baptist Church and a Mason. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery with Masonic Honors.

William B. Anderson

William B. Anderson
1886492

Conflict: World War I
Branch of Service: U. S. Army
Unit: 317 Field Artillery Regiment, 81st Division
Rank: Private
Serial Number: 1886492
Death: 30 January1919 of Septicemia.
Cemetery: Plot B, Row 9, Grave 3, St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France
Medals / Citations / Awards:

William B. Anderson was born in Lynchburg, S. C., around 1897. He was in the S.C. National Army in Bishopville, S.C., in the 31st Co., 8th Training Battalion of the 156 Depot Brigade from 29 April 1918 to 23 May 1918. He was then in Battery D, 317 Field Artillery to 30 January1919. He was a private in the American Expeditionary Forces from 7 August 1918 to his death on 30 January 1919 when he died of septicemia.
The Army notified his brother Elisha V. Anderson in Lynchburg, S.C.

NEEDED:

Picture of Soldier

Death details

Family information

John T. Adams

John T. Adams
1310646

Conflict: World War I
Branch of Service: National Guard, American Expeditionary Forces
Unit: Co. D, 1 Infantry South Carolina National Guard; Co. D, 118 Infantry
Rank: Private First Class 1 July 1917; Corporal as of 1 February 1918; Sergeant as of 22 August 1918.
Date of Death: 27 September1918
Cemetery: Unknown
Medals / Citations / Awards: Unknown

John T. Adams was a son of John T. Adams. He was born circa 1895 in Greenwood, S.C.
He became a member of the S.C. National Guard in Spartanburg, S.C., 25 May 1917. He became part of the American Expeditionary Forces 11 May 1918. He was killed in action 27 September 1918. He had held the rank of Sergeant for only a month. His father John T. Adams who lived in Ware Shoals was notified as his next of kin.

NEEDED:
Picture of John T. Adams
Picture of his tombstone

Where is he buried?
Who were his family?

St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial

There are four servicemen from Spartanburg County buried at St. Mihiel American Cemetery. They are:

Anderson, William (U.S. Army), Plot B, Row 9, Grave 3

Herbert, Thomas Carlisle (U.S. Army), Plot B. Row 17, Grave 29

Irby, Clifton (U.S. Army), Plot A, Row 16, Grave 32

Mooneyham, Paul B. (U.S. Army), Plot A, Ros 22, Grave 13

Aisne-Marne American Cemetery

There is one serviceman from Spartanburg County memorialized at Aisne-Marne Cemetery. He is George W. Waldrop, World War I, Army, Tablets of missing.

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, France.

There are five servicemen from Spartanburg County buried or memorialized here:

DeShields, Archie;

Hewitt, William T.;

Logan, William;

Montgomery, John;

Walker, Ralph J.

Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial

Suresnes American National Cemetery. There are three servicemen from Spartanburg County are buried or memorialized here. They are: Henderson, Richard; World War I; Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; Plot A, row 8, grave 32

Kirby, Grover C.; World War I; Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; MIA or buried at sea

Thomas, William E.; World War I, Army; Suresnes American Cemetery; MIA or buried at sea

World War I Names

Duncan Park Memorials
World War I

Adams John T.
Anderson William
Bailey Robert S.
Barker Joseph Ausborn
Barnett David
Beach Walter T.
Bishop James Emory
Blackwell Algie Durham
Blackwell Virgil
Bobo Jesse
Brice James Alexander
Browning Jule H.
Buice Ernest C.
Bullman Charles Moss
Cade Zan
Carson Vaughn W.
Chambers Dennis
Chesney Coke T.
Coggins Edgar L.
Coleman Robert Furman
Collins Ed
Collins Marshall
Crawley William B.
Culp James E.
Davis Bryson E.
Dawkins James
Deshields Archie
Dockery John
Dowdle Glen
Drummond Elliott
Durham Fred D.
Edge Derieux
Edwards Lee A.
Epton George M.
Fisher Mark E.
Foster Dave
Fowler William W.
Franklin William
Freeman Louis A.
Gallman Richard E.
Genoble Rufus
Gist Enzy
Gowan Boyce
Greenway Clarence
Griffin John H.
Hammett William A. (roster has William H.)
Harmon Wylie C.
Harris Perry
Harrison Claude R.
Harrison William Herbert
Harvey Oscar W.
Harvey Smith J.
Henderson Richard
Henson Brinson M. (Roster has Brison)
Henson James N.
Herbert Thomas Carlisle
Hewitt William T.
Hinson Isaac B.
Hoey Sam
Hughes Thomas R.
Humphries Sammy (roster has Sammie)
Hutchens Lorane
Irby Clifton
Johnson Marcellus
Jones Giles
Jones John W.
Kirby Grover C.
Lambert Harvey
Landrum Percy Leo
Lanham Joseph M.
Lawson Patton
Lindsay Crawford
Lister Richard L.
Littlejohn Zeno
Logan William
Mason Palmer Pinkney
Mayo Andy
McBeth John
McClintock John H.
McDade Furman C.
McHugh Thomas O.
McJunkin William
McMillan Walter E.
Means Sam
Michals Grover
Michols Hylie
Miles Ira A.
Miller Arthur
Miller David M.
Montgomery Frank G.
Montgomery John
Mooneyham Paul B.
Moore Samson
Morgan Elisha
Mullins Luther J. [roster has name as James Luther]
Nesbit Charlie
Newman Horace
Nicholls Montague
Orr William F.
Owensby Allen Huston
Paden Boyd
Painter George L.
Petty Lawrence P.
Petty Romeo
Quinn Russel G. [ Russell on roster]
Ray Clyde
Robinson Willard
Rogers Merritt
Ross Coel D.
Rudisail Bernard Aaron
Sanders Willie B.
Sellars [Sellers on roster] Coleman
Settle Paul E.
Smith David
Smith Perry
Smith Vasco W.
Sothern William S.
Stephens Jim
Tanner Phillip
Tanner Thomas
Teamer Joseph
Thomas John M.
Thomas William E.
Turner Edgar
Turner Leroy
Waldrop George W.
Walker John G.
Walker Ralph J.
Weathers Columbus C.
West Thomas D.
Wheeler Albert L.
Whitmire Robert C.
Wilkens Robert Y.
Williams Claude

Duncan Park Memorial Project Introduction

In Duncan Park, there is a Veterans' Memorial that lists the names of men from Spartanburg County who died in service during World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. There are 639 names.

With the American Legion Post 28 as the major sponsor, I am documenting these men, their lives and their service.

We hope to have a book published and ready for sale by Veterans Day (November 11), 2010. The publisher will be Honoribus Press.

If you have information on anyone listed on the Memorial, please contact me.