Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Local Genealogy War Record

Indiana World War Records
Gold Star Honor Roll
1914-1918

A record of Indiana Men and Women
 who died in the service of the United States
and the Allied Nations in the World War.
28 Listings for Steuben County-including photos

Wheaton, Wesley Orrin                 Private
Son of Albert and Hattie Wheaton;
born February 17, 1896,
Scott Township, Steuben, County, Ind.
Served on the Mexican
Border with Company B,
Indiana National Guard in 1916.
Re-enlisted following the declaration of war, and was sent to
Camp Shelby, Miss.; assigned to Battery B, 137th Field
Artillery. Died of pneumonia December 24, 1917, Camp
Shelby, Miss. Buried in South Scott Cemetery, Angola, Ind.

Indiana Collection 940.467 Ind
Published by the Indiana Historical Commissioin
Indianapolis 1921