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Raymond Harvey Ohmneiss

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Raymond Harvey Ohmneiss Veteran

Birth
Loganton, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
5 Jul 1958 (aged 66)
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
Burial
Sturgis, Meade County, South Dakota, USA Add to Map
Plot
A, 314
Memorial ID
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Records indicate surname also spelled as OHMNEIS, OHMNEISS, OHNMEIS. He "inadvertantly" and "without malice" poisoned his 18 month old sister Elsie when he was about 5 or 6 years old. His sister Elsie died of respiratory failure, in her mother's arms, within minutes of eating the small granules of strychnine. Later on in his life, he is listed as one of 19 students in the newly formed Jamestown Signal Corps School. The class opened on Monday, 26 Nov 1917 in Jamestown, Stutsman county, North Dakota. He was later inducted in to the U.S. Army in Jamestown, on 4 March 1918 and was then sent to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He then served in Company A, 116th Field Signal Battalion, until 22 June 1918. Then he was assigned to Company C, 101st Field Signal Battalion until his discharge. He was overseas from 25 April 1918 to 24 March 1919 with a tour of duty in France. His final discharge from the military was at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 16 April 1919 as a Private. The surgeon's Certificate of Disability, is listed as: 25%. Ray formerly resided at 1012 10th Ave, Fargo, North Dakota. He never married and did not have any children.
Cause of death: Coronary Insufficiency, Severe Ateriosclerotic Heart Disease.
Records indicate surname also spelled as OHMNEIS, OHMNEISS, OHNMEIS. He "inadvertantly" and "without malice" poisoned his 18 month old sister Elsie when he was about 5 or 6 years old. His sister Elsie died of respiratory failure, in her mother's arms, within minutes of eating the small granules of strychnine. Later on in his life, he is listed as one of 19 students in the newly formed Jamestown Signal Corps School. The class opened on Monday, 26 Nov 1917 in Jamestown, Stutsman county, North Dakota. He was later inducted in to the U.S. Army in Jamestown, on 4 March 1918 and was then sent to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He then served in Company A, 116th Field Signal Battalion, until 22 June 1918. Then he was assigned to Company C, 101st Field Signal Battalion until his discharge. He was overseas from 25 April 1918 to 24 March 1919 with a tour of duty in France. His final discharge from the military was at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 16 April 1919 as a Private. The surgeon's Certificate of Disability, is listed as: 25%. Ray formerly resided at 1012 10th Ave, Fargo, North Dakota. He never married and did not have any children.
Cause of death: Coronary Insufficiency, Severe Ateriosclerotic Heart Disease.

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