WWI Veteran Grave Tour- Mound Cemetery
Mound Cemetery WWI Veteran Grave Tour
This is two self guided cemetery tours based on two distinct parts of Mound/Roselawn cemetery. If a longer tour is desired, they may be combined.
Map 1- Map of cemetery as a whole
Section 4
Start at Southwest corner and move North and then East.
August J Waible
Birth: December 6, 1896 in Charleston, IL
Death: July 27, 1988
Position in Service: Army, unknown
Time Served: July 25, 1917- March 18, 1919 (1 year 7 months)
Date Of Draft Card: May, 7, 1917
Other information: He was drafted for World War II, but it is unclear whether or not he served.
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Earl I Snyder
Birth: September 20, 1896
Death: December 27, 1967
Branch of Service: Marine
Role in service: Private
Other information:Filled out draft card for World War II, but it is unclear if he served. He was granted a military gravestone.
George L Dearnbarger
Birth: March 27, 1895
Death: February 8, 1984
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Private
Applied to Draft: June 5, 1917
Reported for Duty: May 20, 1916
Released from Service: April 9, 1919 (11 Months)
Other Information: Born in Arthur, IL , Moved to Chesterville, but worked in Arthur when he was drafted in 1918. On his draft card, he is was described as “tall, medium build, grey eyes and dark brown hair.”
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Andrew Kershner Dunn
Birthday: April 21. 1894
Death: September 12, 1918
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Second Lieutenant
Date of Enlistment- Entered Officers Training Camp in May 1917, Commissioned a Second Lieutenant in August of that year. Killed in action at the Bois-le-Pretre as a part of the Battle of Saint Mihiel in France. Second Lieutenant Dunn is interned in “Plot D Row 4 Grave 2, St. Mihiel American Cemetery in Thiaucourt, France ” according to the cemetery’s web records. He is also honored here at Mound Cemetery in his family’s hometown of Charleston.
Other information: Second Lieutenant Dunn was the son of the Illinois Supreme Court Justice Frank K Dunn, who served 1907-1933. After his son’s death, Judge Dunn inquired about how it happened. A copy of the letter is available below.
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Chester W Brooks
Birth: March 9, 1896
Death: August 23, 1954
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Private First Class in the 7th Division, 34th infantry regiment, company G
Date of Enlistment: May 23, 1917- June 27, 1919 honorable discharge (2 years 1 month)
Other information: Applied for and was granted a government funded military gravestone.
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John J Pauley
Birthday- October 6,1889
Death date- July 20, 1967
Branch of Service: Army
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3rd Addition 1 and 2nd Addition 4
Start at Southwest corner and move North and then East
Fred E. Pearcy
Birthday- October 9 1899
Death date- April 28,1918, in Beaufort South Carolina
Branch of Service: Army
Other information: Died on base of scarlet fever and pneumonia. The body was shipped to his hometown of Charleston and he was given a military funeral.
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Carl D. Goodman
Birth: December 5, 1895
Death: September 2, 1938
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Corporal, Camp Supply Office, Camp Taylor, Kentucky
Date of Enlistment- September 18, 1917- March 13, 1919 (honorably discharged)(1 year, 5 months)
Other information: Applied for a military grave stone and it was granted
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Harold Newman
Birthday: 1896
Deathdate: July 17, 1942
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Private, 39th Division 127th Infantry, Company K
Date of Enlistment- June 27, 1918- April 25, 1919 (Honorable discharge)
Other information: He was granted a military headstone
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Thomas W Finnigan
Birth: March 1, 1893, Springfield, IL
Death: January 1, 1957
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Private First Class in the 16th Division 48th Field Artillery Regiment Supply Company
Date of Enlistment: May 23, 1918 - February 17, 1919
Other information: Applied for a military grave stone and it was granted
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Rufus Cobble
Birthday: February 13, 1896
Death date: July 30, 1961
Branch of Service: Army
Role in service: Wagoner, 1st Division, 18th Infantry Supply Company
Date of Enlistment: October 2, 1917- August 18,1918
Other information: Applied for and was granted a military gravestone:
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While these are not all the Veterans in the cemetery, here is a small walk of World War I service members to pay homage to in this cemetery.
Created by Amy Wywialowski
