Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-07-22
Paris Soldiers In the Great War.

Paris Soldiers In the Great War.
II Herewith 10 given the third install.
ment of these sketches. The first and
second were published in the issues of
the Democrat Of July 8 and July 15.)
| Fred ]. Durgin. Born In Lynn, Mas. =.
Nov. II, 1895, SON OF Fred and Elizabeth
(Pension) Durgin. Resident of Paris for
some years. Inducted ino service June
%, 1918. Trimming ut Camp Devens.
Assigned to Supply Train, 18th Division.
Promoted 10 corporal. Discharged Jan.
%, 1919, at Camp Devens.
Lorenzo E. Littlehale. Born In North
Paris Jan. 13, 1895, son Of Adelbert D.
and Nellie p. (KepdalD Littlehale. En-
listed July 81, 1917. In medical depart
ment, Headquarters Ambalsnce Sect.
81 Division. Training at Fort Logan q.
Roots, Arkansas. Sailed Dec 5, 1917,
from Hoboken, n. j.. landed at St.
Nszaire. France. Dec. %. Served With
2d Division at Verdun, scissors, Popt-a-
Mousson, st. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne,
aud with the Army of Occupation until
NAYS, 1919. Eighteen months service
overseas, OF which five was In the Army
of Occupation. Promoted to private
first class. Sailed for home May 30,
1919, from Marseilles, France, landed in
Brooklyn, n Y, June IA. Discharged
June q. 1919, at Mitchell Field, Long
Island, N. Y.
Jesse E. Stiles. Born in Bethel Sept.
10, 1890, son of Frank W. and Jennie
(Johnsop) Stiles. Resident Of South
Paris at time of entering service. Sergeant
in Co. D, Second Maine Regiment, later
the 1O3d q. s. Infantry. Had twelve
years previous service in the National
Guard, and was with Co. D on the Msxi-
can border in 1916. Sailed With the
regiment from Hoboken Sept. u, 1917,
and Was with it in its eighteen months
Of service in France, except that he was
in the hospital during . portion OF the
Chateau Thierry drive. Gsssed at Apre-
mont May 10, 1918. Wounded by =
machine gun bullet through the hips in
the Marcheville raid Sept. %, 1918, which
kept him in the hospital three weeks.
Sailed for home March %, 1919, from
Brest, France. landed in Boston April Q.
Discharged April 2s, 1919, 1t Camp
| Devens.
William A. Swan. Born in Greenwood
Aug. 1, 1899, son of Oseood ]. Swan.
Enlisted May I, 1917, in Co. D, Second
Maine Regiment, which afterward be-
came the l03d Infantry. Was with the
company in its training at Augusta and
L 81 al ui
Ho5okeu Sept. q, 1917. Was in the st.
Agnan, gas attack, May 10. 1918, toe
Aisne- Marne battle, july 1925, 1915, ST.
Mihiel salient. Sept. II l6, 1918, March
vile raid, Sept. % and %, 1918, Verdun
sector. Oct. 20 Nov. II, 1918. Entered
service as private, promoted TO corporal,
Sailed for home from Brest March Is,
1919, landed in Boston April 5. Dis
charged April %, 1919, at Camp Devsns.
William q. Tbibodeau. Born in Port.
land, March, 1899. Adopted son OF
Teliss and Nellie (CanvelD Thibodeau OF
Paris. Enlisted April 9, 1917, in Co. D,
Second Maine Regiment, y. G. 5. H.,
which later became the 103d Q. S. In
| fautry, 26th Division. Was on guard
duty with the company at Biddeford,
and later was in training at Camp keyes,
Augusta, and at Camp Bartlett, West
field, Mass. Left Camp Bartlett Sept.
Sept. 25, 1917, landed in England Oct. 10,
and in France Oct. 81. Wounded IN the
side of the neck and shoulder 10 battle
By . piece of shrapnel May 9, 1918, and
died May 10, 1918, in Evacuation Hospital
No. /. Burial at Sebastopol Barracks,
France, American Cemetery los. First
class private.
| Verne Allie Thomas. Born in Paris in
1890, the son of Jesse and Elizabeth Ella
Thomas. Iuducted into service June .,
1918, at South Paris, and sent TO Camp
| Devens. Was promoted to corporal, AND
soon after receiving bis stripes was AZ
tackled with pneumonia, and died OF that
disease at Camp Devens Sept. %, 1918.
Burial at Norway Pine Grove Cemetery.
Ernest C. Thurlow. Born in Paris
Jan. 5, 1899, son of Hiram E. and Lula
E. (Perry) Thurlow. Enlisted July "a,
1918, in Co. /, 56th Pioneer Infantry.
Training at Fort Slocum and Camp
Wadsworth. Sailed Sept. 4, 1918, from
Hobokeu, Y. j., landed at ST. Nszaire,
France, Sept. Is. Worked on road to
| Argonne from Oct. 13 to Nov. II. 1918.
liked from Dombard, France, to Phslzel,
Germany, . distance OF $50 miles. Stored
c. S. ammunition in Germany from Dec:
Is, 1918, to Jan. l2, 1919. With Third
Army from Jan. 12 10 May "a, 1919. Pro-
NOTED to private first class. Sailed j une
| 10, 1919. from ST. Nazaire, Franc, land
ed in New York June 25. Discharged
June %, 1919, at Camp Dix, n. j..
BENJAMIN Bird Twitchell. Born in
South Paris May "a, 1887, son of Cyrus
W. Twitchell. Induc;ed into service May
aS, 1918, at South Paris, and sent to
Camp Devens. Assigned to 10th Com
pany, Sd b., 151st Depot Brigade. Dis
charged Feb. IL, 1919, at Camp Devens.
Elmer R. Tyler. Born in South Paris
Nov. Is, 1894, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. U.
Tyler. Enlisted from Lewiston July 80,
1917, in the United States Navy. Train
| ing on the q. S. S. Ohio and the o. s. s.
Kentucky. Sailed on his first trip from
New York Dec. 10, 1917, to Brest, France.
First two trips abroad were made on the
supply ship Bridge. Then he vas taken
sick at Scspa Flow, and after short stay
in several hospitals was sent 70 the o. s.
IS. New York, July 2, 1918. Was with
the New York at the time OF the sur
render of the German feet at Roseyth,
Scotland, Nov. 81, 1918. Sailed for
home Dec. IA. 1918, from Brest, France,
and arrived in New York Dec. %. Dis
charged at New York April 23, 1919.
Oscar Valley. Born in Canada April
IA, 1899, the son Of Joseph and Alphon-
sine (Pomerleau) Valley. Resident Of
Paris at time of enlistment. Enlisted
April IA, 1917, In Co. D, Second Maine,
which afterward became the l03d H.
fantry. Was with the company at
Augusta, Westfield, Mass, and in its
service in France. Was killed in action
at Chateau Thierry July 20, 1918, but de-
tails of death are not known.
Roy Irving Young. Born in West
Paris Feb. q, 1895, son Of G.. q. and the
late Isabella C. Young. Enlisted June
IA, 1917, in Company C, l4th Railway
Engineers. Training at Camp Rocking
ham, Salem, n. 81. Sailed from New
York for service abroad July %, 1917.
With third Army, B. z. r, Aug. 81, 1917,
to March 81, 1918; army troops March 2l
to April 8, 1918; with Sixth Army Corps
April 7 to May 20, 1918; Somme front;
Somme defensive; Arras front; Aisne-
Marne offensive: (corps troops) ON Ai:ns
front. Promoted to WAGNER. Sailed for
home April IL, 1919. from Bordeaux.
France, for Boston. Dischargsd Nay 2,