McKEAN COUNTY
WORLD WAR I
Casualties

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Corporal Henry John O’Brien

Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Died of illness on 24 November 1918
Age: 19

Buried: Plot B, Row 29, Grave 6
St. Mihiel American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France

Decorated for bravery and was attending officer training school in France.


William Harold O’Conner

Company B, 4th Squad, Field Artillery Training Command,
Bucknell College

Hometown: Port Allegany

Died of illness on 17 October 1918
Age: 18


Buried: St. Gabriels Cemetery, Port Allegany


Corporal Frederick W. O’Donnell

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action on 21 July 1918

Buried: Plot D, Row 2, Grave 28
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France


Private Frank Arthur Olson

Company B, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division

Hometown: East Kane

Killed in action on 9 November 1918
Age: 25

Buried: Plot F, Row 6, Grave 25
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France


Private John W. Owens

Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Missing in action on 14 August 1918

He was lying in his dugout when one of our big guns went off, shaking the ground to cause the dugout to cave in. He was declared dead from suffocation and left buried in the dugout somewhere near Chateau Thierry.


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Private Joseph Brewer Passmore

Company B, 116th Supply Train, 41st Infantry Division

Hometown: Rew

Died of illness on 13 October 1918 in Langress, France
Age: 29


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


Private First Class Lee E. Pearman, Jr.

Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Killed in action on 30 September 1918
Age: 21

Buried: Plot A, Row 26, Grave 33
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France


Corporal Milo Pettit

Company L, 18th Battalion, Camp Lee, VA

Hometown: Bradford

Died of illness on 17 October 1918
Age: 23


Buried: Limestone Cemetery, Limestone, NY


Private Howard R. Phillips

Battery D, 321st Field Artillery, 82nd Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Died of wounds on 9 October 1918

Buried: Section Euro, Site 3099, Arlington National Cemetery, VA


Private Keith William Pratt

Company I, 6th Battalion, 3rd Secondary Base Unit,
53rd Medical Corps, Camp Upton, NY

Hometown: East Smethport

Died of illness on 15 October 1918
Age: 21


Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Smethport


Private Nazareno Primerano

Company C, 11th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division

Hometown: Sergeant Township, near Clermont

Killed in action on 10 November 1918
Age: 23

Buried: Holy Rosary Cemetery, Johnsonburg, PA


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Lieutenant Lee Roy Quinn

Carruthers Air Field, Fort Worth, TX

Hometown: Mt. Alton

Killed in plane crash on 13 January 1919
Age: 29


Buried: Washington, PA


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Corporal Waldo Andrew Race

Company I, 1st Battalion, 151st Depot, Camp Devens, MA

Hometown: Bradford

Died of illness on 4 October 1918
Age: 22


Buried: Factory Point Cemetery, Manchester Center, VT


Private Ernest Clifton Reddish

Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Sawyer City

Killed in action on 8 August 1918
Age: 20


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


Private Ernest G. Richardson

1st Battalion, Western Ontario Regiment, Canadian Infantry

Hometown: Betula

Killed in action on 22 September 1916
Age: 22

Buried: Vimy Memorial Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France


Lieutenant John C. Roche

Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action on 14 October 1918
Age: 28


Buried: St. Bernards Cemetery, Bradford

He became a Sergeant while serving on the Mexican Border and was citied for bravery in France. He was sent to officer training school where he earned his commission. He was killed at Fismette, France. Bradford Veteran's of Foreign Wars Post 212 is named in his honor.


Private Forney Sam Rupert

Quartermaster Corps

Hometown: Bradford

Died of illness on 9 July 1918 in France
Age: 32


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


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Private Stephen Rudolph Sankner

Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Lewis Run

Died of wounds on 7 September 1918
Age: 25

Buried: Plot B, Row 15, Grave 26
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France


Private Clarence L. Schorman

Company I, 317th Infantry Regiment, 80th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Died of wounds on 13 November 1918
Age: 23


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


Edward Charles Schwertfager

Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Killed in action in October 1918, France
Age: 24

Burial unknown


Private First Class James Rexford Scowden

108th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division

Hometown: Colegrove

Killed in action on 29 September 1918
Age: 22

Buried: Plot B, Row 24, Grave 6
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France

He had served in Mexico and was killed at the same time Sergeant Hans A. Benson of Colegrove received wounds that cost him his right arm. Benson was in the same shell hole with Scowden’s body for the whole day’s fighting. Benson died in 1921 and is buried in Olean, NY.


Private First Class Bert E. Seamens

Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action on 1 October 1918

Buried: Plot E, Row 14, Grave 34
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France


Private Fred L. Seward

Coast Artillery Corps

Hometown: Bradford

Drowned at sea on 16 October 1918, Age: 40

Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford

On 16 October 1918, during a heavy storm while carrying troops from America to Glasgow and Liverpool, HMS Otranto collided with the P&O liner HMS Kashmir also carring American troops. The Otranto broke in two and sunk in Machir Bay off the North coast of Islay, Scotland.
The loss of life was heavy - 351 American soldiers drowned.


Corporal Warren Daniel Shaw

Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Died of wounds on 22 August 1918
Age: 19


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


Private William Wesley Sincerny

Machine Gun Company, 112th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Bradford

Killed in action on 6 September 1918
Age: 19


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


First Sergeant Forest Franklin Smail

Company E, 414th Telegraph Battalion

Hometown: Kane

Died of illness on 5 October 1918 in France
Age: 24


Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane


Private Thomas F. Smith

HQ Company, 314th Infantry, 79th Division

Hometown: Port Allegany

Died in Service: October 6, 1918

Buried: Lyman Cemetery, Roulette, PA


Private Floyd Archibald Stephens

Camp Lewis, Tacoma, WA

Hometown: Bradford

Died of illness on 8 May 1918
Age: 23

Burial unknown


Private Norman David Stuchell

Company C, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Sawyer City

Killed in action on 26 July 1918
Age: 26


Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery, Bradford


Private Otto H. Swanson

Company C, Training School, Camp Lee, VA

Hometown: Kane

Died of illness on 16 October 1918
Age: 30


Buried: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane


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Private Collins Daniel Thomas

Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Smethport (also Kane)

Killed in action on 25 July 1918
Age: 21

Buried: Grimes Cemetery, Port Allegany


First Sergeant Winfield S. Tucker

5th Troop, Cavalry Recruitment Camp, Fort Bliss, TX

Hometown: Hazel Hurst

Died of illness on 10 October 1918
Age: 19


Buried: Bridgeview Cemetery, Mt. Jewett


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Corporal James Lester Uber

Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Ludlow

Missing in action on 8 October 1918
Age: 29

Tablets of the Missing
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery. Romagne, France


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Curtis Vaughn

Hometown: Bradford

Died in the service


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Private Edgar C. Wainright

Company E, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Killed in action on 9 August 1918
Age: 23

Buried: Plot C, Row 22, Grave 14
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Fere-en-Tardenois, France


Private James J. Weaver

61st Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division

Hometown: Kane

Killed in action on 26 October 1918

Buried: Plot H, Row 31, Grave 40
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France


Fireman Second Class Elwood L. Wicks

USS Von Steuben

Hometown: Port Allegany

Died of illness on 22 May 1918 at Brooklyn Naval Hospital
Age: 24


Buried: Fairview Cemetery, Port Allegany


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