SMITH, Olin Melson - WWI - d in service - Putnam

Rank Private

Birth Date 16 Feb 1897

Residence Place Indiana, USA

Notes Son of Tilman K. and Stella Melson Smith; born February 16, 1897, Rochdale, Putnam County, Ind.

Moved to Monroe County in 1916. Medical student at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.

Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army May 3, 1918, Bloomington, Ind.

Trained at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., and Ft. Bliss, Tex. Assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 9th Mounted Engineers. Died of diphtheria November 30, 1918, Ft. Bliss, Tex. Buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Jamestown, Boone County, Ind.

Comments Indiana World War Records: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918 Monroe County Page 452

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