Elmer Herbert Lindie was the son of William K. Lendie and Mary Estelle Douglas. He is with his parents in the 1900 US census record.
In the 1910 census record, he is working as a hired man in Novelty, King, WA. In the 1920 and 1930 census records, he is back with his now-widowed mother, working in a quarry. He is still single.
On 25 Mar 1937, in Monson, Piscataquis, ME, he married Sybil Ruth Turner. They are together in the 1940 census record. They had four children: Allan Elmer (1939-1983); Marion; Alice; and Barbara.
Sybil came to the marriage with a daughter, Lydia N. Hanson (1933-2018), and Elmer treated her like a daughter.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Elmer H. Lindie (ASN: 68223), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. Under heavy grenade and rifle fire, Private Lindie crawled forward from shell hole to shell hole, until he reached a flank position of an enemy machine-gun nest, from which point he killed a gunner and caused the rest to surrender to his comrades.
In the 1910 census record, he is working as a hired man in Novelty, King, WA. In the 1920 and 1930 census records, he is back with his now-widowed mother, working in a quarry. He is still single.
On 25 Mar 1937, in Monson, Piscataquis, ME, he married Sybil Ruth Turner. They are together in the 1940 census record. They had four children: Allan Elmer (1939-1983); Marion; Alice; and Barbara.
Sybil came to the marriage with a daughter, Lydia N. Hanson (1933-2018), and Elmer treated her like a daughter.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Elmer H. Lindie (ASN: 68223), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. Under heavy grenade and rifle fire, Private Lindie crawled forward from shell hole to shell hole, until he reached a flank position of an enemy machine-gun nest, from which point he killed a gunner and caused the rest to surrender to his comrades.
Elmer Herbert Lindie was the son of William K. Lendie and Mary Estelle Douglas. He is with his parents in the 1900 US census record.
In the 1910 census record, he is working as a hired man in Novelty, King, WA. In the 1920 and 1930 census records, he is back with his now-widowed mother, working in a quarry. He is still single.
On 25 Mar 1937, in Monson, Piscataquis, ME, he married Sybil Ruth Turner. They are together in the 1940 census record. They had four children: Allan Elmer (1939-1983); Marion; Alice; and Barbara.
Sybil came to the marriage with a daughter, Lydia N. Hanson (1933-2018), and Elmer treated her like a daughter.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Elmer H. Lindie (ASN: 68223), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. Under heavy grenade and rifle fire, Private Lindie crawled forward from shell hole to shell hole, until he reached a flank position of an enemy machine-gun nest, from which point he killed a gunner and caused the rest to surrender to his comrades.
In the 1910 census record, he is working as a hired man in Novelty, King, WA. In the 1920 and 1930 census records, he is back with his now-widowed mother, working in a quarry. He is still single.
On 25 Mar 1937, in Monson, Piscataquis, ME, he married Sybil Ruth Turner. They are together in the 1940 census record. They had four children: Allan Elmer (1939-1983); Marion; Alice; and Barbara.
Sybil came to the marriage with a daughter, Lydia N. Hanson (1933-2018), and Elmer treated her like a daughter.
Distinguished Service Cross Citation:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Private Elmer H. Lindie (ASN: 68223), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 103d Infantry Regiment, 26th Division, A.E.F., near Bois-de-St. Remy, France, 12 September 1918. Under heavy grenade and rifle fire, Private Lindie crawled forward from shell hole to shell hole, until he reached a flank position of an enemy machine-gun nest, from which point he killed a gunner and caused the rest to surrender to his comrades.
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