RW
- Branch of Service
- Marine Corps
- Unit
- Parris Island Summary Court; Co. B, 5th Sep. Battalion; 96th Co.
- Conflict / Era
- World War I
- Years of Service
- 1918 – 1918
- Date of Birth
- 01/06/1897
- Date of Death
- 09/17/1918
- Hometown
- Columbus, OH, OH
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- Columbus, OH
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 09/17/1918
- Where
- France
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. enlisted 6/2/1918, Columbus, OH; serial #4606404; wounded in action, 9/15/1918; died of wounds, 9/17/1918; mother, Mrs. Margaret M. Woodburn, Plain City, OH, notified of death; File #120108 buried in France, moved to Oakdale 6/26/1921 (brought back at the same time as Herbert Mohler; buried on the same day, both in Oakdale); buried in Section G, Row 6, Grave 12; DOW/KIA
Source: Ohio Military Men, 1917-18; Ohio Soldiers in WWI, 1917-1918; Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the World War 1917-18; 1910 U. S. Federal Census; Obituary File, Marysville Public Library; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 6, p. 43