William Hoyt Hyatt
Submitted by: Julia Saint submitting for niece Melba Hyatt Templeton
William Hoyt Hyatt born around 1895. William Hyatt served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1918 and the service was completed in 1919.
Story of Service
My uncle, William Hoyt Hyatt, was a Private in the U.S. Army during World War I.
He was born in Centralhatchee, Georgia on December 15th, 1895 and passed away on October 23rd, 1958.
He was married to Sally Hyatt and they had one son, Glenn Hyatt. They are all buried in the Centralhatchee Baptist Church Cemetery in Heard County, Georgia.
Submitted by: Melba Hyatt Templeton
William Jesse Strickland
Submitted by: Julia Saint submitting for great niece Selmah Bowen
William Jesse Strickland born around 1898. William Strickland served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1918.
Story of Service
William Jesse Strickland and his brother, Larry Young Strickland, sent many letters to their sister during the war. The letters are now in the Heard County Historical Museum in Franklin, Georgia, and were donated by their great-niece, Selmah Bowen.
Larry Young Strickland
Submitted by: Julia Saint submitting for great niece Selmah Bowen
Larry Young Strickland born around 1896. Larry Strickland served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1919.
Story of Service
Larry and his brother, William Strickland were the great uncles of Selmah Bowen. She has copies of letters that both men sent to their sister.
Hilra Herman Hyatt
Submitted by: Julia Saint submitting for daughter Melba Templeton
Hilra Herman Hyatt born around 1894. Hilra Hyatt served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1919.
Story of Service
My father, Hilra Herman Hyatt, was a Wagoner Sup. Co. 26th Infantry in World War I. He was inducted in the U.S. Army at Camp Gordon on October 2nd, 1917 and discharged at Camp Gordon on September 25th, 1919.
After my father was discharged from the Army, he married my mother, Carrie Eunice Adele Gladney Hyatt. They lived in Centralhatchee, Georgia, and twelve children were born from this union.
My father was born and reared in Heard County, Georgia. His birthdate is October 28th, 1893, and his death date is February 27th, 1958.
Submitted by: Melba Hyatt Templeton
Clarence M Gilchrist
Submitted by: Julia Saint submitting for his granddaughter, Bonnie Gilchrist Baker
Clarence M Gilchrist born around 1895. Clarence Gilchrist served in World War 1 with the United States Navy. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1917.
Story of Service
Clarence Gilchrist served in the U.S. Navy during WWI. His granddaughter, Bonnie Gilchrist Baker, provided photographs and notes on the back of the photographs. Clarence served in the Navy Band for a while; he visited in Guantanamo, Cuba in 1918.
James Edward Coffey
Submitted by: Donald P. Vincent {Namesake of my Nashua, NH American Legion Post 3}
James Edward Coffey born around 1897. James Coffey served in World War 1 with the United States Army . The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1918.
Story of Service
About James E. Coffey
James Edward Coffey, the first soldier from Nashua, NH to die in battle in World War I, was born on April 22, 1896, to Daniel J. and Catherine (Dillon) Coffey.
He attended Nashua schools and St. Patrick Church, and in June 1917, became one of the first Nashua men to enlist in the Army at the outbreak of the war. He was assigned to Company D, 103rd Infantry, 26th Division, and trained in Concord and Westfield, Mass.
Coffey and his unit, the famous 26th Yankee Division commanded by Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, deployed overseas in September 1917.
Cornelius M. Cavanaugh
Submitted by: Joseph Cavanaugh Great Grandson
Cornelius M. Cavanaugh was born around 1902. Cornelius Cavanaugh served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1918 and the service was completed in 1920.
Story of Service
William L. Cook, Sr.
Submitted by: Robert Kringe {Great Grandson}
William L. Cook, Sr. was born around April 24, 1893. William Cook served in World War 1 with the United States Navy. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1920.
Story of Service
Louis McCahill
Submitted by: Colonel B. Wayne Quist {American Legion Post 110 Historian}
Louis McCahill was born around 1896. Louis McCahill served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1918.
Story of Service
Corporal Louis McCahill, American Legion Post 110, Lake City, Minnesota
American Legion Post 110 in Lake City, Minnesota was named in honor of World War I veteran Corporal Louis McCahill. He died in France on November 5, 1918 less than a week before the Armistice that ended “The Great War.” Corporal McCahill served in many engagements with the 412th Motor Truck Company 426 during the conflict. He is buried in Suresnes American Cemetery in Paris, France: Plot A, Row 4, Grave 5.
Lake City American Post 110 was named in honor of Corporal Louis McCahill on February 7, 1921. In addition, Lake City, MN named McCahill Memorial Park on Lakeshore Drive and McCahill Ballpark on Jewell Ave for Corporal Louis McCahill.