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- His mother died when he was young, and after that he was raised by his aunt and uncle, Will and Bertha Arnold.
- Bugler with the rank of Corporal in the 1st Co Coastal Artillery Corps out of Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook, NJ. Oct 28, 1918 transferred to 1st Trench Mortar Battalion Battery A. Overseas from Jan 4, 1918 to Jan 30, 1919. Date and unit indicate he was involved in the tail end of the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France.
See http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cacunithistories/1st%20TM%20BN.html for history of the 1st Trench Mortar Battalion.
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