He was born in Duval County, FL but registered for the WWI Draft in Nassau County as that was his home at the time. He enlisted September 25, 1918. Malachi's name was misspelled differently on most of his documents He was enumerated in Nassau County, FL Federal Census 1900 in King's Ferry with his grandmother Sarah Kane's household along with his mother and siblings, and in the 1910 census with his parents William and Alice Anderson. Prior to WWI, he was a Black laborer on Henderson's Turpentine Farm.
U.S. Army 92nd and 93rd Infantry Division were "colored" segregated units in World War I, and they fought in France.
In 1949 a military grave marker was requisitioned for him by Alice Fulton. The requisition was filled in 1950 with an upright marble tombstone to be place in Nelson Cemetery in Nassau County, FL. On this documented it stated that he died in the fairly new Walter Reed Army Hospital located then in Washington D.C.
This document states that he was born in November and it is noted on the document that order documents state the birth month was August.
Gravesite #13749
Cemetery: Benton
Location: Nassau County
Cemetery Note: Lost WPA Cemetery
Zone: New
Burial Plot: Benton - - - 01
Gravesite Note: Veterans' Grave Registration Survey 1940
Military #351
Branch Service: HQS Det, US Army
War: WW I
Rank: PVT
Military Note: Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC
At the very top of the Nassau County War Memorial is Malachi's name. Malachi is spelled as "Malico" on the memorial. On his grave marker, it was ordered as Malachi.
"They were more than just carved names in granite."
U.S. Army 92nd and 93rd Infantry Division were "colored" segregated units in World War I, and they fought in France.
In 1949 a military grave marker was requisitioned for him by Alice Fulton. The requisition was filled in 1950 with an upright marble tombstone to be place in Nelson Cemetery in Nassau County, FL. On this documented it stated that he died in the fairly new Walter Reed Army Hospital located then in Washington D.C.
This document states that he was born in November and it is noted on the document that order documents state the birth month was August.
Gravesite #13749
Cemetery: Benton
Location: Nassau County
Cemetery Note: Lost WPA Cemetery
Zone: New
Burial Plot: Benton - - - 01
Gravesite Note: Veterans' Grave Registration Survey 1940
Military #351
Branch Service: HQS Det, US Army
War: WW I
Rank: PVT
Military Note: Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC
At the very top of the Nassau County War Memorial is Malachi's name. Malachi is spelled as "Malico" on the memorial. On his grave marker, it was ordered as Malachi.
"They were more than just carved names in granite."
He was born in Duval County, FL but registered for the WWI Draft in Nassau County as that was his home at the time. He enlisted September 25, 1918. Malachi's name was misspelled differently on most of his documents He was enumerated in Nassau County, FL Federal Census 1900 in King's Ferry with his grandmother Sarah Kane's household along with his mother and siblings, and in the 1910 census with his parents William and Alice Anderson. Prior to WWI, he was a Black laborer on Henderson's Turpentine Farm.
U.S. Army 92nd and 93rd Infantry Division were "colored" segregated units in World War I, and they fought in France.
In 1949 a military grave marker was requisitioned for him by Alice Fulton. The requisition was filled in 1950 with an upright marble tombstone to be place in Nelson Cemetery in Nassau County, FL. On this documented it stated that he died in the fairly new Walter Reed Army Hospital located then in Washington D.C.
This document states that he was born in November and it is noted on the document that order documents state the birth month was August.
Gravesite #13749
Cemetery: Benton
Location: Nassau County
Cemetery Note: Lost WPA Cemetery
Zone: New
Burial Plot: Benton - - - 01
Gravesite Note: Veterans' Grave Registration Survey 1940
Military #351
Branch Service: HQS Det, US Army
War: WW I
Rank: PVT
Military Note: Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC
At the very top of the Nassau County War Memorial is Malachi's name. Malachi is spelled as "Malico" on the memorial. On his grave marker, it was ordered as Malachi.
"They were more than just carved names in granite."
U.S. Army 92nd and 93rd Infantry Division were "colored" segregated units in World War I, and they fought in France.
In 1949 a military grave marker was requisitioned for him by Alice Fulton. The requisition was filled in 1950 with an upright marble tombstone to be place in Nelson Cemetery in Nassau County, FL. On this documented it stated that he died in the fairly new Walter Reed Army Hospital located then in Washington D.C.
This document states that he was born in November and it is noted on the document that order documents state the birth month was August.
Gravesite #13749
Cemetery: Benton
Location: Nassau County
Cemetery Note: Lost WPA Cemetery
Zone: New
Burial Plot: Benton - - - 01
Gravesite Note: Veterans' Grave Registration Survey 1940
Military #351
Branch Service: HQS Det, US Army
War: WW I
Rank: PVT
Military Note: Died at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington DC
At the very top of the Nassau County War Memorial is Malachi's name. Malachi is spelled as "Malico" on the memorial. On his grave marker, it was ordered as Malachi.
"They were more than just carved names in granite."
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