He was the son of Milton Fribley and Ella Custer Fribley.
On May 6, 1915 as Custer Fribley, he married Sarah Agnes Ryan at Jefferson, New York.
They had no children.
Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army. He had 43 years of service with the United States Army. He was also a Second Lieut. with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia. His widow was Sarah Fribley who resided in New London, Connecticut.
Lieut. Custer Fribley of the Quartermaster Corps and four enlisted men were captured on June 21, 1919 by Bolshevik Reds. Lieut. Fribley's mule was also captured. A detachment of the 31st Infantry was sent to recapture them at the village of Novitskaya. Four men died in the attempt and the captives were moved to another location. The next engagement resulted in 19 killed and 25 wounded American soldiers. Eventually the Red Revolutionary headquarters sent an emissary to negotiate. Fribley, his mule and the four other captives were released in exchange for a partisan leader, Sergei Samuschenko. The event was memorialized on several historic wartime hobo nickels by a member of the 31st Infantry where the Buffalo was transformed into a mule and the Indian was transformed into Lieut. Fribley.
Sources: 31st Infantry Association website and the Original Hobo Nickel Society website.
He was the son of Milton Fribley and Ella Custer Fribley.
On May 6, 1915 as Custer Fribley, he married Sarah Agnes Ryan at Jefferson, New York.
They had no children.
Chief Warrant Officer, United States Army. He had 43 years of service with the United States Army. He was also a Second Lieut. with the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia. His widow was Sarah Fribley who resided in New London, Connecticut.
Lieut. Custer Fribley of the Quartermaster Corps and four enlisted men were captured on June 21, 1919 by Bolshevik Reds. Lieut. Fribley's mule was also captured. A detachment of the 31st Infantry was sent to recapture them at the village of Novitskaya. Four men died in the attempt and the captives were moved to another location. The next engagement resulted in 19 killed and 25 wounded American soldiers. Eventually the Red Revolutionary headquarters sent an emissary to negotiate. Fribley, his mule and the four other captives were released in exchange for a partisan leader, Sergei Samuschenko. The event was memorialized on several historic wartime hobo nickels by a member of the 31st Infantry where the Buffalo was transformed into a mule and the Indian was transformed into Lieut. Fribley.
Sources: 31st Infantry Association website and the Original Hobo Nickel Society website.
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