Company B, 147th Infantry, 37th Division, World War I

As Researched by Stephen D. Bowling

Son of Henry P. and Alice (Cannon) Dale

Born on November 6, 1895, near Elkatawa on Cane Creek in Breathitt County, Kentucky

1900 Breathitt County, Kentucky Federal Census
Jackson Precinct, Sheet 25, June 25, 1900
Supervisor’s District Number 10, Enumeration District Number 103
Dwelling Number 426, Family Number 435
Henry Dale			52
Alice Dale			37
	Dale			12
	Green Dale		
	Elender Dale		9
	William Dale		6
	John Dale		4
	Iora Dale		1

1910 Breathitt County, Kentucky Federal Census
Cane Creek Precinct, Sheet 10, May 6, 1910
Supervisor’s District Number 10, Enumeration District Number 3
Dwelling Number 175, Family Number 175
Henry P. Dale			59
Dora Dale			29
	William Dale		16
	John Dale		14
	Chloe Dale		10
	Carrie Dale		6
	Columbia Dale	        0
	Arizona Little		18	Servant
	Edward Horn		31	Work Hand

Drafted in April 1918 under Draft Call Number 148 from the Provost Marshal General’s Office in Washington, D.C., with twenty-four other Breathitt County men. Ordered to report to Louisville on April 26, 1918.

Military Service
Company B, 147th Infantry, 37th Division
United States National Guard
Army Serial Number: 2010331
Conflict: World War I
Highest Rank: Private

Deployed to France onboard the United States Army Transport Ship Pocahontas on June 22, 1918, from Newport News in Warwick County, Virginia.

Died of wounds received in battle during the Meuse River-Argonne Forest offensive on September 30, 1918, in France. (Another source lists him as “Killed In Action” on October 1, 1918.)

Buried on October 2, 1918, in Grave 754 in the French Military Cemetery at Brabant-en-Argonne near Meuse, France.

Disenterred and reinterred on May 8, 1919, in Grave 159, Section 49, Plot 4 of the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon in Meuse, France.

Disentirred on June 15, 1921, at the family’s request and prepared for shipment to the United States. His remains arrived at Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium on June 25, 1921. He was loaded onto the United States Army Transport Ship Cantigny on June 21, 1921, bound for Hoboken in Hudson County, New Jersey, as part of Convoy Number 49.

Arrived at Hoboken in Hudson County, New Jersey, on August 1, 1921.

Shipped by rail from Hoboken, New Jersey, to Henry P. Dale at Jackson, Kentucky, on August 15, 1921. His flag-draped coffin arrived at Jackson on August 18, 1921, and was claimed by the family on Friday, August 19, 1921.

Buried on August 20, 1921, in the Roberts Cemetery (sometimes known as the Smith Cemetery) at Five Mile in Breathitt County, Kentucky

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