Albert Luther Peck
Submitted by: Jim McLoughlin {None}
Albert Luther Peck born around 1896. Albert Peck 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
On 27th November, 1918, Private Albert L Peck of 125 Main St, Spencer, MA died of spinal meningitis. It was the day before 1918's US Thanksgiving, and 16 days after the Armistice ended the war. He was 22 years old, and serving as a surgical assistant in the 101st Field Hospital of the Sanitary Train of the 26th 'Yankee' Division.
Although the 'Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 caused most of the deaths attributed to disease in the American military in WW1, spinal meningitis caused nearly 2,000 deaths, ranking second only to pneumonia with 40,000 deaths. Both diseases were largely the result of bringing large numbers of men together in close confinement.
Albert was the youngest of three children of the Spencer physician, Dr Albert Frederick Peck and his wife Lizzie (nee Bates). He was already enrolled as a medical student at Tufts Medical School in Boston when he signed up during the first draft of June, 1917, though his draft card says he was already a reserve member of the Massachusetts National Guard.
Raymond Anderson
Submitted by: Lyndia Nicholson {granddaughter}
Raymond Anderson born around . Raymond Anderson 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
Albert Robert Laske
Submitted by: Jean Burns {granddaughter}
Albert Robert Laske born around 1894. Albert Laske served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1918 and the service was completed in 1918.
Story of Service
Feb. 1918, Albert "Bert" (24 yrs. old) received induction orders to enter the Army, during World War I. He is to serve in the 25th Spruce Squadron, Vancouver Barracks, in Vancouver Washington. This Squadron is to harvest wood that will be used to build the planes they need for the war. In Dec.
1918, Bert is discharged honorable and thanked for his service, but since the war is ending, his service is no longer needed.
About the 25th Spruce Squadron: “The states of Oregon and Washington form the backdrop for one of the most interesting dramas of the First World War. When the U.S. entered the War, it was quickly discovered that the nation had no capacity to build warplanes in quantity. Even though the U.S. had invented the airplane, by 1917 the European powers had already spent years developing it for warfare, and deploying it in deadly combat. Those nations were trying to produce enough machines to keep the skies occupied over the front lines in France.
Fayette Clark
Submitted by: Gerald Clark {Grandson}
Fayette Clark born around 1895. Fayette Clark 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
Served with Co. B 2nd Engineers. Lost a leg in Chateau Thierry France June 14th 1918. Honorable Discharge July 29th. 1919.
Joseph H Masterson
Submitted by: Steve Masterson {Great nephew}
Joseph H Masterson born around 1894. Joseph Masterson 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
Joseph was born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1894. His father, Michael, was apparently doing well as an “Assurance Superintendent” (an inspector for a commercial lines insurance company) and was able to house his growing family in a nice townhouse with a maid. In 1901, 7 year old Joseph moved with his family to an apartment on 85th St. in Manhattan. Michael’s fortunes apparently went downhill after he arrived in New York, so he moved the family to upper 8th Ave in Harlem. In 1910, Joseph’s mother, Jane, fell ill with tuberculosis. During this time, Joseph took off to California – he was 16 years old. His siblings ended up living with oldest sister Helen (Nellie) Hefferman and her husband, except for William (my grandfather), who ended up at Father Drumgool’s Home for Boys for a time.
Joseph enlisted in the California National Guard on May 20, 1917, in Hanford, California, and was assigned to Company M of the Guard’s 2nd Infantry Regiment. The 2nd Infantry had already been called into Federal service in contemplation of the War. He was sent to Fort Mason in San Francisco (now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area) to join Company M.
Eugene M Masterson
Submitted by: Steve Masterson {great-nephew}
Eugene M Masterson born around 1888. Eugene Masterson 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
Eugene was my father’s uncle, the oldest brother of William John Masterson (my grandfather). He was born June 10, 1888, in Coatbridge, Scotland and was the second child of Michael and Jane Masterson. He was named after his grandfather, Eugene Owen Masterson. One of my father’s older brothers, Eugene Thomas Masterson (1931 – 1992), was named for this Uncle Eugene.
When he was 21, Eugene was living in Manhattan with his older sister Nellie and her family. His parents could not care for their children, so all the children were living with Nellie. Michael and Jane lived elsewhere in Manhattan while Jane suffered from tuberculosis. At that time, Eugene was working as a salesman in the linen/garment industry. Younger brother Joseph had run off to California.
On June 29, 1914, Eugene registered for the draft at the outset of World War I. At the time, he was living at 233 East 31st Street in Manhattan and was working for Chubb & Sons. Sometime in July of 1917, Eugene was called up for service, along with hundreds of other New York immigrants, in the old 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard. He was assigned to Company H.
Julian Dawson
Submitted by: Johnette Brooks, GA WWI African American Historian
Julian Dawson born around 1888. Julian Dawson served in World War 1 with the United States Army. The enlistment was in 1917 and the service was completed in 1941.
Story of Service
Brigadier General Julian Levi Dawson, 365th Infantry Medical Detachment
1888 - 1955
Albany, Georgia | Chicago, Illinois
Highest Ranking GA African American Officer
International Physician/Surgeon
In 2014, reporter Timuel Black of the Chicago Tribune wrote a story about the new Obama Presidential Library being built near his childhood home; recalls his mother speaking reverently about “how he should pay attention to our neighbor Dr. Julian Dawson, a black physician who inspired deep respect in our community.”1
Loomis Trudeau
Submitted by: Kelly Durocher {Brother in law of 2nd great aunt}
Loomis Trudeau born around 1897. Loomis Trudeau 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
Loomis Trudeau was born in North Adams, Massachusetts in 1897. He was the fifth child of William and Josephine Trudeau. Loomis had four brothers and five sisters. The Trudeau family moved to Schenectady, New York when Loomis was about eight years old. Soon after moving to Schenectady Loomis’ father was killed while crossing railroad tracks. Loomis’ mother was left to raise ten children on her own.
Loomis enlisted in the United States Navy on April 28, 1917. At the time of entering the service he was employed in the standardizing laboratory of the General Electric Company. Shortly after enlistment he became ill with pneumonia for many months and was hospitalized.
His first trip to the other side was on the U.S.S. Lake Moor and his rank was Fireman 3rd Class.
Richard Joseph Schuster
Submitted by: Jeffrey Christel {Great grand-nephew}
Richard Joseph Schuster born around 1889. Richard Schuster 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
He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 30 July 1918, and was assigned to Company "M", 2nd Chemical Battalion, Chemical Warfare Service, and served at Edgewood Arsenal in Edgewood, Maryland for the duration of the war. He was Honorably Discharged on 12 December 1918 as a Private.