- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Private
- Unit
- 156th Depot Brigade; Battery C, 12th Field Artillery, 2nd Division
- Conflict / Era
- World War I
- Years of Service
- 1918 – 1919
- Date of Birth
- 01/04/1892
- Date of Death
- 04/12/1974
- Hometown
- Paris, OH
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- No
- Overseas Service
- Meuse-Argonne, France; Germany
- Township (entering service)
- Paris
- Township (current / at death)
- Paris
- Church
- Trinity Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio
- School
- Marysville High School
- Record Authenticated
- No
Biography
Overseas service: Meuse-Argonne, France; Germany. Church: Trinity Lutheran Church, Marysville, Ohio. School: Marysville High School. serial #4122635; enlisted 07/23/1918; served with American Expeditiary Forces from 09/30/1918 to 08/06/1919; honorably discharged 08/14/1919, discharge papers filed 08/21/1919, recorded 08/22/1919, for a fee of $.25 (paid in full); Draft Registration Card lists DOB as 01/05/1892; veteran data form submitted by nephew lists DOB as 01/03/1892; died at home, age of 82; buried in Section M, Row 8, Grave 4, Oakdale Cemetery
Source: Honorable Discharge Certificate, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 2, p. 260; Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the World War, p. 5942; Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918; Ohio Military Men, 1917-18, Vol. 6; | World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Ohio Deaths, Certificate #032520; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol.6, p. 143; veteran data form submitted by nephew, Donald Geer