World War I

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	Corporal Henry John O’Brien Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 24 November 1918 Age: 19 Buried: Plot B, Row 29, Grave 6 St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France Decorated for bravery and was attending officer training school in France.
	William Harold O’Conner Company B, 4th Squad, Field Artillery Training Command Bucknell College Hometown: Port Allegany Died of illness on 17 October 1918 Age: 18 Buried: St. Gabriels Cemetery, Port Allegany
	Corporal Frederick W. O’Donnell 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 21 July 1918 Buried: Plot D, Row 2, Grave 28 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Private Frank Arthur Olson Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division Hometown: East Kane Killed in action on 9 November 1918 Age: 25 Buried: Plot F, Row 6, Grave 25 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Private John W. Owens Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 14 August 1918 He was lying in his dugout when one of our big guns went off, shaking the ground to cause the dugout to cave in. He was declared dead from suffocation and left buried in the dugout somewhere near Chateau Thierry.
	Private Joseph Brewer Passmore Company B, 116th Supply Train, 41st Infantry Division Hometown: Rew Died of illness on 13 October 1918 in Langress, France Age: 29 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private First Class Lee E. Pearman, Jr. Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 30 September 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Plot A, Row 26, Grave 33 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Corporal Milo Pettit Company L, 18th Battalion, Camp Lee, VA Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 17 October 1918 Age: 23 Buried: Limestone Cemetery, Limestone, NY
	Private Howard R. Phillips Battery D, 321st Field Artillery, 82nd Infantry Division Hometown: Wetmore Township Died of wounds on 9 October 1918 Buried: Section Euro, Site 3099 Arlington National Cemetery, VA
	Private Keith William Pratt Company I, 6th Battalion, 3rd Secondary Base Unit, 53rd Medical Corps, Camp Upton, NY Hometown: East Smethport Died of illness on 15 October 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport
	Private Nazareno Primerano Company C, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division Hometown: Sergeant Township, near Clermont Killed in action on 10 November 1918 Age: 23
	Lieutenant Leroy Quinn Carruthers Air Field, Fort Worth, TX Hometown: Mt. Alton Killed in plane crash on 13 January 1919 Buried: Washington, PA
	Corporal Waldo Andrew Race Company I, 1st Battalion, 151st Depot, Camp Devens, MA Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 4 October 1918 Age: 22 Buried: Belfast, NY
	Private Ernest Clifton Reddish Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Sawyer City Killed in action on 8 August 1918 Age: 20 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Ernest G. Richardson 1st Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Hometown: Betula. Killed in action on 22 September 1916. Age: 22. Buried: Vimy Memorial Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
	Lieutenant John C. Roche Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 14 October 1918 Age: 28 Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford He became a Sergeant while serving on the Mexican Border and was citied for bravery in France. He was sent to officer training school where he earned his commission. He was killed at Fismette, France.
	Private Forney Sam Rupert Quartermaster Corps Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 9 July 1918 in France Age: 32 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Stephen Rudolph Sankner Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Lewis Run Died of wounds on 7 September 1918 Age: 25 Buried: Plot B, Row 15, Grave 26 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Private Clarence L. Schorman Company I, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 13 November 1918 Age: 23 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Edward Charles Schwerfager Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action in October 1918 Age: 24
	Private First Class James Rexford Scowden 108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division Hometown: Farmers Valley Killed in action on 29 September 1918 Age: 22 Buried: Plot B, Row 24, Grave 6 Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France He had served in Mexico and was killed at the same time Sergeant Hans A. Benson of Colegrove received wounds that cost him his right arm. Benson was in the same shell hole with Scowden’s body for the whole day’s fighting.
	Private First Class Bert E. Seamens Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 1 October 1918 Buried: Plot E, Row 14, Grave 34 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Private Fred L. Seward Coast Artillery Corps Hometown: Bradford Drowned at sea on 16 October 1918 Age: 40 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford On 16 October 1918, during a heavy storm while carrying troops from America to Glasgow and Liverpool, HMS Otranto collided with the P&O liner HMS Kashmir also carring American troops. The Otranto broke in two and sunk in Machir Bay off the North coast of Islay, Scotland. The loss of life was heavy - 351 American soldiers drowned.
	Corporal Warren Daniel Shaw Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Died of wounds on 22 August 1918 Age: 19 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private William Wesley Sincerny Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Bradford Killed in action on 6 September 1918 Age: 19 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	First Sergeant Forest Franklin Smail Company E, 414th Telegraph Battalion Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 5 October 1918 in France Age: 24 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
	Thomas Smith Hometown: Port Allegany Died in the service Port Allegany WWI Memorial
	Private Floyd Archibald Stephens Camp Lewis, Tacoma, WA Hometown: Bradford Died of illness on 8 May 1918 Age: 23
	Private Norman David Stuchell Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Sawyer City Killed in action on 26 July 1918 Age: 26 Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford
	Private Otto H. Swanson Company C, Training School, Camp Lee, VA Hometown: Kane Died of illness on 16 October 1918 Age: 30 Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane
	Private Collins Daniel Thomas Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Smethport (also Kane) Killed in action on 25 July 1918 Age: 21 Buried: Grimes Cemetery, Port Allegany
	First Sergeant Winfield S. Tucker 5th Troop, Cavalry Recruitment Camp, Fort Bliss, TX Hometown: Hazel Hurst Died of illness on 10 October 1918 Age: 19 Buried: Bridgeview Cemetery, Mt. Jewett
	Corporal James Lester Uber Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kinzua Road, Hamlin Township Missing in action on 8 October 1918 Age: 29 Tablets of the Missing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. Romagne, France
	Curtis Vaugn Hometown: Bradford Died in the service
	Private Edgar C. Wainright Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 9 August 1918 Age: 23 Buried: Plot C, Row 22, Grave 14 Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France
	Private James J. Weaver 61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division Hometown: Kane Killed in action on 26 October 1918 Buried: Plot H, Row 31, Grave 40 Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France
	Fireman Second Class Elwood L. Wicks USS Von Steuben Hometown: Port Allegany Died of illness on 22 May 1918 at Brooklyn Naval Hospital Age: 24 Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany

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