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Pvt Ralph Edmund John

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Pvt Ralph Edmund John

Birth
Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas, USA
Death
30 Mar 1974 (aged 84)
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Salem, Marion County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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Inducted at Mcintosh, S. Dak., on May 24,1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash,; served in
41st Company, 11th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 10,1918; Company G, 158th Infantry, to Sept 20,1918; Company A, 308th Infantry, to Oct. 16,1918; Casual (hi Hospital), to Jan. 6,1919; Company D, Convalescent Detachment, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 9,1918, to Dec. 30,1918; wounded, gassed, Oct 15,1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 23,1919, as Private

Link to his First Hand Account of his time in World War 1. https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwi/infantry/308th/308th_article_John_Lost_Battalion.pdf

Featured on the American Experience:
https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/arts-and-culture/the-great-war-ralph-john-of-macintosh-sd/
Inducted at Mcintosh, S. Dak., on May 24,1918; sent to Camp Lewis, Wash,; served in
41st Company, 11th Battalion, 166th Depot Brigade, to July 10,1918; Company G, 158th Infantry, to Sept 20,1918; Company A, 308th Infantry, to Oct. 16,1918; Casual (hi Hospital), to Jan. 6,1919; Company D, Convalescent Detachment, Camp Dodge, Iowa, to discharge; overseas from Aug. 9,1918, to Dec. 30,1918; wounded, gassed, Oct 15,1918. Engagements: Offensive: Meuse-Argonne.Defensive Sector: Foret-d'Argonne (Lorraine). Discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on Jan. 23,1919, as Private

Link to his First Hand Account of his time in World War 1. https://dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwi/infantry/308th/308th_article_John_Lost_Battalion.pdf

Featured on the American Experience:
https://www.sdpb.org/blogs/arts-and-culture/the-great-war-ralph-john-of-macintosh-sd/

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