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William Arthur Lucas

Private First Class Army World War I

Army
Army
Private First Class
Private First Class
Branch of Service
Army
Rank
Private First Class
Unit
Company A, 8th Infantry, Ohio National Guard, Co. A. 146th Infantry, Rainbow Division
Conflict / Era
World War I
Years of Service
08/1917 – 04/1919
Date of Birth
02/20/1898
Date of Death
07/13/1967
Hometown
Bucyrus, Ohio, OH
Awards & Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation, Army Service Medal with Bars, Allied Defensive Sector
Burial Location
Paris Twp: Oakdale
Monument Paver
Yes — Section L
Overseas Service
Bacarat Sector; Aracourt Sector; A E F; Pannes Sector;Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Ypres-Lys Offensive, France, Belgium
Guard Service
1917 – 1917
Township (entering service)
Bucyrus, Ohio
Township (current / at death)
Logan County, Ohio
Church
United Methodist East Liberty, Ohio
School
UNKNOWN
Record Authenticated
No

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation
Presidential Unit Citation

Biography

Overseas service: Bacarat Sector; Aracourt Sector; A E F; Pannes Sector;Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Ypres-Lys Offensive, France, Belgium. Church: United Methodist East Liberty, Ohio. School: UNKNOWN. Service in Ypres-Lys, Meuse-Argonne (Forest where was gassed with mustand gas)

Source: Recorder's Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 2,p.175; MJT Obit