Hugh L. Dawson, Sr.

Hugh L. Dawson, Sr. , was born on November 11, 1893 and died on September 21, 1921. He was inducted into the U. S. Army on July 8, 1918. Hugh Sr., served as a private, in Company C of the 26th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Sheridan, Alabama.  Hugh Sr. was 

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After WWII, Tipton County’s Black veterans founded their own American Legion post

Published in The Leader By Sherri Onorati November 11, 2020 The soldiers who came home after World War I were tired, traumatized and many felt out-of-place given what they had been through – even in their hometowns – places which should have been welcoming and familiar. A small group of

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Uriah P. Yarbrough

Uriah P. Yarbrough was enlisted/inducted into the U. S. Army on June 28, 1918 at Covington, Tennessee. After training, he served with the American Expeditionary Force, in France, from August 23, 1918 until March 17, 1919. Uriah was honorably discharged at Camp Gordon, Georgia on April 10, 1919.

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Jesse H. Davis

Jesse H. Davis enlisted in the U.S. Navy on May 5, 1917. After recruit training he was ordered to the battleship USS Nevada where Jesse served the remainder of the war. He was assigned to the engineering department. Jesse was never involved in any battle action. His highest rate attained

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William L. Broughton

William Louie Broughton was born in the Braden and Galloway area, the son of William Henry and Cora Mae Brown. He enlisted in the U. S. Army on March 2, 1918. He was a private first class in Company H of the 113th Infantry. He served overseas and was discharged

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Carl Rainey Billings

Carl Rainey Billings served in U. S. Army in World War I

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Porter Richard Bailey

Porter Richard Bailey was born on June 8, 1889 in Oakland, Fayette County, Tennessee. He enlisted in the U.S. Army at Covington, Tennessee on June 26, 1918. Porter joined Company G, 2nd infantry replacement regiment at Camp Gordon, Georgia until August 18, 1918. He served in Company C of the

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Joseph Benard Adkison

Joseph Benard Adkison was born on January 4, 1892, in Egypt, Tennessee. He entered the service from Memphis, Tennessee. Benard was a sergeant in the U. S. Army, 30th Division, 119th infantry, C Company when, on September 29, 1918, near Bellicourt, France, his platoon was pinned down by murderous machine

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Abner Francis Ashworth

Private First Class (PFC) Abner Francis “Aberdeen” Ashworth, Company I, 327th Infantry was inducted into the U.S. Army on April 7, 1918, in Covington, Tennessee. He was wounded in combat on October 9, 1918, at Meuse Argonne, France by machine-gun fire in his right thigh. He was discharged on May

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James R. Arthur

WORLD WAR I James R. Arthur served during World War I with the American Expeditionary Force (AFE) as a U.S. Army private in Company E, of the 33rd Infantry Division in France. He died on July 26, 1972. James was married to Margaret Lucille Craig. They had nine children.

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