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CORP Brutus Lewis Rideout

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CORP Brutus Lewis Rideout

Birth
Draper, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
2 Nov 1918 (aged 24)
France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot F, Row 28, Grave 23.
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American soldier in WWI. He was the tenth of thirteen children born to Mary Ann Terry and David Oliver Rideout Jr., although three children died as infants. Brutus attended from district school and graduated from Jordan High School. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin to attend college. On October 15, 1917, a 21-year-old Brutus was married to 17-year-old Edith Binns in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to the war, he was working as a real estate salesman in Akron, Ohio.

On December 11, 1917, Brutus was drafted into the Army and trained at Camp Sherman in Ohio for six months. He was promoted to Corporal on May 17 before heading overseas on June 13, 1918. Brutus was assigned to the 308th Trench Mortar Battery in the 83rd Division. According to his questionnaire, Brutus was a message carrier who took a message from Brigade Headquarters through a barrage on October 23, where he was gassed. He was taken to the hospital on October 25, where he caught the flu, which developed into pneumonia. He was treated at the hospital until he died on November 1, 1918. He is buried in Section D, Plot 1 in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France. Brutus' sister Golda completed his questionnaire and noted, "a letter from a comrade says 'he was a brave soldier and served his country faithfully'" and "he was commended on his marksmanship and won 100% in shooting".
American soldier in WWI. He was the tenth of thirteen children born to Mary Ann Terry and David Oliver Rideout Jr., although three children died as infants. Brutus attended from district school and graduated from Jordan High School. He then moved to Madison, Wisconsin to attend college. On October 15, 1917, a 21-year-old Brutus was married to 17-year-old Edith Binns in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to the war, he was working as a real estate salesman in Akron, Ohio.

On December 11, 1917, Brutus was drafted into the Army and trained at Camp Sherman in Ohio for six months. He was promoted to Corporal on May 17 before heading overseas on June 13, 1918. Brutus was assigned to the 308th Trench Mortar Battery in the 83rd Division. According to his questionnaire, Brutus was a message carrier who took a message from Brigade Headquarters through a barrage on October 23, where he was gassed. He was taken to the hospital on October 25, where he caught the flu, which developed into pneumonia. He was treated at the hospital until he died on November 1, 1918. He is buried in Section D, Plot 1 in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France. Brutus' sister Golda completed his questionnaire and noted, "a letter from a comrade says 'he was a brave soldier and served his country faithfully'" and "he was commended on his marksmanship and won 100% in shooting".

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CORPL. 308 TR MORTAR BTRY 83 DIV.
OHIO

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Ohio, D News to Nov 5

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  • Maintained by: Redriver
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55996262/brutus_lewis-rideout: accessed ), memorial page for CORP Brutus Lewis Rideout (29 Mar 1894–2 Nov 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55996262, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Redriver (contributor 47269236).