Walter Arnold
1893 - 1936
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Name Walter Arnold Born 24 Nov 1893 Bagnell, Miller Co., MO 
Gender Male Died 18 Nov 1936 Versailles, Morgan Co., MO Person ID I525 Seaver-Bilyeu-Lowell Last Modified 2 Feb 2010
Father Thomas F Arnold, b. May 1869, AR Mother Sarah Head Married 28 Nov 1891 Toronto, Camden Co., MO Notes Family ID F160 Group Sheet
Family Lillian Hanks Married 21 Aug 1923 Children 1. Walter Milton Arnold, b. Abt 1928 Last Modified 23 Jan 2010 Family ID F161 Group Sheet
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Event Map 
Born - 24 Nov 1893 - Bagnell, Miller Co., MO 
Died - 18 Nov 1936 - Versailles, Morgan Co., MO 
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Photos Walter Arnold, c.1916
Cpl Walter Arnold served first as a bugler in the 1st Co Coastal Artillery Corps out of Fort Hancock in Sandy Hook, NJ, and in Oct 1918 transferred to Battery A of the 1st Trench Mortar Battalion. Back of the photo reads, "if i send you one of these you can give that to some pretty girl and tell her to write to me. har har har".
Documents 
Walter Arnold death notice
Article about the sudden passing of Walter Arnold, night watchman and former Marshal for the city of Versailles, MO.
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Notes - 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.