COLLIN COUNTY,
TEXAS
WORLD WAR I
MEMORIAL
ADAMS, JIM Anna, Cpl. Co. H. 61st
Infantry, KIA in France Sept. 16, 1918. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
AYCOCK JOSEPH W. McKinney, Pvt. US Army Training
Corps. Enlisted in McKinney 14 Oct. 1918 and died Nov. 24, 1918, of influenza. Buried in IOOF Cemetery, Farmersville.
BARNES, CHRISTOPHER L.
McKinney, Pvt. Co. A, 11th Infantry, 5th
Div. Killed in Action in France Nov. 5, 1918. Buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery.
BISHOP, OSCAR H.
Frisco, Pvt. 41st Co.
11th Bn. 165th Brigade, died at Camp Travis, Texas, Oct.
31, 1918. Buried at Gunter, Texas.
BRIDGES, BENJAMIN F. Wylie, Pvt. Co. H. 359th
Inf. 90th Div. KIA Sep. 26, 1918. Buried in Wylie.
BUNCH, FRANK
Celina, Pvt. Medical Dept. died Oct.
17, 1918 of pneumonia at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Buried at Cottage Hill Cemetery.
BYLER, JOSEPH L. Plano, Pvt. Machine Gun Co. A, 345th
Mach. Gun Bn. 90th Div. Fought in France, sent home and died of
spinal
meningitis May 30, 1918. Buried at Forest Grove Cemetery.
CASEY, GEORGE
McKinney, Pvt. Killed in Action
CLARK, GEORGE W. PFC Quartermaster Corps, died Oct.
25, 1918 of pneumonia at Fort Sam Houston, Tx. Buried at Red Oak, Dallas
County.
COMPTON, AENARD
Allen, 28 Nurse US Army - Attended
Baylor University, became a school teacher and high school principal. Left her
job to become a Nurse for the Army. Stationed in Washington DC. Died of the flu,
6 Oct. 1918. She is the only Nurse from Texas to die in service in World War I.
COPAS, OSCAR B., 23, Lucus, born 30 Nov, 1895, Private,
Company F, 359th Inf. 90th Div., arrived in France 2 July,
1918, and went immediately to the front. Killed in Action on 26 Sep, 1918,
during the battle of St.Mihiel, France. Buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
CUFFMAN, ROBERT J.
24, Allen, Pvt. Supply Co. 28th
Inf. Killed in Action Oct. 1, 1918 at St. Mihiel, France. Buried in Allen.
CURRIN, HENRY L. Josephine, Pvt. Co. C. 138 Inf, 350th
Div. Killed in Action Sept. 28, 1918 in Battle of Argonne, France. Buried at Nevada, Texas.
DUCKWORTH, JOHN V. 23, McKinney, Served with American Expeditionary Forces, and was a victim of a German gas attack. He spent two years in hospitals for treatment and died 20 October, 1921, from the effects of his wounds.
EMERSON, JOHN L. McKinney Pvt. 68th Aero
Squadron, Aviation, died Dec. 17, 1917, of pneumonia in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
ESTEP, JAMES V. Anna, Seaman 2nd Class,
US Navy, died March 1, 1918 at Great Lakes Naval Hospital, Chicago, Il. Buried
at Elm Grove
Cemetery, near Westminster.
FARRELL, CLARENCE R. Plano,
Cpl. 79th
Balloon Co. Air Service, died Oct. 25, 1918, at Camp John Wise, San Antonio.
Buried at
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Plano.
FLOYD, JOHN W. Allen, Pvt. Quartermaster Corps,
died Oct. 7th, 1918 at Olvors, France of Pneumonia. Buried at Rowlett
Creek
Cemetery.
FRY, EARL Blue Ridge, Cpl. Co. A. 359th
Inf. 90th Div. WIA Nov 1, 1918 and died Nov 9, 1918. Buried in
France.
GANTT, JAMES ROBERT SLOSS. Princeton, Apprentice Seaman, US
Navy, died April 29, 1917, of pneumonia. Buried at Princeton. First Collin
County boy
to die in World War I.
GEIGAS, JIMMY McKinney, Pvt. 359th
Infantry, 90th Division. KIA Sept. 15, 1918. The First McKinney
boy ever to be killed in action on foreign soil.
The American Legion Post in McKinney is named in his honor.
Jimmy joined the Army when fighting had
broken out in Europe. He was sent to Camp Travis, near San Antonio for
training, where he became part of the 359th Infantry Regiment of
the 90th Division, and then to Camp Hempstead, New York. By
September of 1918, America had entered the war and their first offensive
operation had begun in France, the Battle of St. Mihiel. Jimmy was part of
that fight. He had been in France for just over four months. During a lull
in the fighting, on September 12, the men of his unit were thirsty and out
of water. Jimmy and a man named Jack Campbell collected the canteens of
their buddies and went back to a spring near a small town they had crossed
earlier in the day. On their way back a German plane flew over them and
dropped a bomb. Jack was able to save himself by jumping into a ditch, but
Jimmy was hit by shrapnel from the explosion and was killed. His body was
returned home to McKinney.
GILBERT, THADIAS O. 26, Farmersville, Pvt. Co. C,
143rd Infantry Regt. 36th Div. Joined the Army 28
May, 1918, Killed in Action Oct. 8, 1918 in France. Buried
at Farmersville.
GREER, GILES RAYMOND
Princeton, Cpl. 658th
Inf. 90th Div.Participated in fierce fighting, Killed in Action on the morning
of 11 November, 1918, a few hours before the Armistice was signed. Buried at
IOOF Cemetery, Princeton
GREER, JOHN DEWITT Anna, Mechanic 477th Aero
Squadron, Air Service, died Feb. 5, 1918, of meningitis at Newport News, Va.
Buried at Van Alstyne, Tx.
GUINN, TILLMAN Celina, PFC Co. G. 359th
Inf. 90th Div. Killed in Action in France Sept. 12, 1918. Buried in France.
HARDING, PETER J. Plano, Capt. Co. A. 359th
Inf. 90th Div. Killed in Action in France Sept. 15, 1918. Buried in France.
HENDRIX, CLARENCE ESTEL
26, Farmersville, Pvt. Co. A.
359th Inf. 90th Div. Enlisted 6 May, 1892, Killed in
Action at Meuse Argonne, France Nov. 2,
1918. Buried in Huson
Cemetery, Farmersville. The American Legion Post in Farmersville was named for
him.
HINDS, CALVIN E. McKinney, Pvt. Medical Dept. died
October 15, 1918 at Camp MacArthur, Texas. Buried at Hullard, Tx.
JOHNSON, PORTER W. Millwood, Pvt. Co. F. 26th Inf.
Killed in Action in France Oct. 1,
1918.
JOHNSON, ROBERT BRYAN Princeton, Carpenter’s Mate US
Navy, died Sept 23, 1918 of influenza aboard ship at Quebec, Canada. Buried at
Princeton.
KEY, OSCAR C. McKinney, 2nd Lt. Co. C.
359th Inf. 90th Div. Killed in Action in France Sept. 20, 1918. Buried
in France.
KINNAMON, ROBERT H.
Plano, Pvt. Co B. 1st
Bn. 22nd Engineers, died in France Feb. 24, 1919.
KIRK, EDWIN
M. McKinney, 25, US Army, wounded in the Battle
of St. Mihiel, France, died May 1923 as a result of being gassed. Buried at
Pecan Grove.
LEWIS, JACK J. 22,
Farmersville, Sgt. Co. A. 359th
Inf. 90th Div. After being gassed at St. Mihiel, France,
15 Sept, 1918, he came home and died on July 22,
1919 from the gas effects. Buried at Huson
Cemetery, Farmersville.
LONG, JOHN C. Princeton, Pvt. baker, Co 321, 36th
Div. Was a school teacher before joining the Army. Died from pneumonia in France Sept. 13, 1918. Buried at Van Winkle Cemetery, Climax,
Texas.
MATHERS, GEORGE S. McKinney, Cpt. Chaplain, Medical
Corps, died Oct. 6, 1918 of pneumonia at Camp Meade, Md. Buried at Military
Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.
MATTHEWS, ROY Altoga & Westminster, 1st
Lt. Killed in Action Sept. 14th, 1918.
McCANDLESS, ALEXANDER J. McKinney, Pvt. Co. B. 124th
Inf. 31st Div. died Nov. 1, 1918, of influenza at Camp Merritt, N.J.
Buried in
McKinney.
MURRAY, JAMES W. Princeton, Pvt. died in accident.
O'DELL, WILLIAM L. Celina, Pvt. Ambulance Co. 111th Military Train, 36th Div. died Oct. 11, 1918. near Rhelma, France of pneumonia. Buried at Cottage Hill.
PARKHAM, FRANKLIN, Frisco
PEEBLES, SIDNEY Weston, Pvt. 46th Co. 12th
Bn. 163rd Depot Brigade, died Oct. 22, 1918, of pneumonia. Buried at
Chambersville.
PHILLIPS, ARTHUR L. Anna, Pvt. 2nd Co.
Central Officers Training Camp, died Oct. 16, 1918 of pneumonia at Camp
MacArthur, Tx.
Buried at Elm Grove Cemetery, Westminster.
RODERICK, AMBER B.
Private, Frisco, Company H, 142 Inf. Killed in Action
in France; Awarded, by Marshall Petain from the French Government, the “Croix
de Guerre” Medal. The citation reads: “Displayed courage , bravery and skill.
Crossed a terrain violently bombarded by large caliber shells and machine-gun
fire. Was killed while accomplishing his duty.”
RODGERS, SAM McKinney, 2nd Lt. US
Army, 153rd Pioneer Infantry. Killed in Action 7 Oct. 1918, during
the Battle of the Argonne.
RUCKER, WILLIAM ERWIN. Jr. McKinney, Apprentice Seaman,
US Navy, died Dec. 23, 1918 of pneumonia at Great Lakes, Chicago. Buried at
McKinney.
SAMUEL, CHARLES A. McKinney, Pvt. Co F. 117th
Supply Train, 42nd Div. Army of Occupation, died Dec. 22, 1818 in
Germany of
typhoid fever. Buried at McKinney.
SANDERS, JASPER, R. Celina, Pvt. Transport Corps,
died Feb. 10, 1919 in France.
SELLARS, IRA M. Blue Ridge, Pvt. Co F. 19th
Inf. Killed in training accident Dec. 11, 1917, near Port Arthur, Tx. Buried at
Blue Ridge.
SMITH, HUSTON L. Princeton, Pvt. Co. G. 9th
Inf. Killed in Action Nov. 7, 1918 in France. Buried in France.
SMITH, JOSEPH L. McKinney, Pvt. Co. L. 143 rd Inf.
32nd Div. died Oct 21, 1918 in France of pneumonia. Buried at
McKinney.
SPARKMAN, JAMES F. Frisco, Pvt. Co. E. 589th
Inf. 90th Div. Killed Feb. 6, 1918 in the torpedo sinking of the Cunard
Liner, Tuscania, by a
German submarine, off the coast of Scotland, with the deaths of 264 people.
He was the first Collin County boy to be killed in the war. Buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
SPRINGFIELD, HENRY G.
Anna, Pvt. Co. D. 356th
Inf. 90th Div. Killed in Action in France Nov. 5, 1918.
SPRINKLE, CARL 27, Farmersville, Cpl. Co D. 203rd
Machine Gun Bn. Was a farmer who enlisted in the Army 7 Oct. 1917 and died Nov. 6, 1918, in France of pneumonia. Buried at Huson
Cemetery,
Farmersville.
STEIZER, ALBERT E. Celina Cpl. Co A. 359th
Inf. 90th Div. died Aug. 5, 1918 of pneumonia, first Collin County
boy to die in war zone.
Buried in France.
THURMAN, GEORGE W. Celina, Pvt. Co. A. 123rd
Inf. died Oct. 16, 1918, of pneumonia at Camp Hobokken, N.J. Buried at Celina.
TIMMS, JAMES O.
Wylie, Pvt. Co F, 23rd
Inf. Killed in Action in France Oct. 15, 1918. Buried in France.
TUCKER, JEFF MORGAN McKinney, died in France -
McKinney Courier Gazette, July26, 1921, … died in France while serving
his country. Reinterment was made in the colored cemetery south of McKinney. He
was reared in McKinney and has numerous relatives living here. A large crowd of
his people met the remains at the M. K & T train. This was the first body of a
colored soldier returned here since the war.
TYLER, ROBERT L. McKinney, Pvt. 337th
Squadron, Camp Stuart, Va. died Oct. 14, 1918.
WALTERS, OSCAR M.
23, McKinney, Pvt. 359th
Inf. 9th Division, Killed in Action in France Sept. 16, 1918. Buried at Forest
Grove.
WRIGHT, WALTER L. McKinney, Pvt. Co. 56, 11th
Bn. 166th Depot Brigade, 90th Div. died Mar. 20, 1918 of
meningitis at Camp Travis, Tx. Buried at Wilson Chapel Cemetery, McKinney.
KILLED BETWEEN WARS
BENNETT, CHESTER
McKinney, US Navy, Fireman 2nd Class. Drown while
serving aboard ship at Mare Island California, Jan 22, 1913
CROWDER, HUBERT McKINLEY, 17, McKinney, US Navy, died while serving on a ship in
the Pacific off the coast of California, 14 Oct. 1920. Buried at Mt. Olive
Cemetery
ENGLAND, TOMMY Born near Weston and lived in McKinney, Melissa, Clear
Lake and Wylie. Seaman 1st Class, US Navy. Had been in the service
for 21 months. Died in the Panama Canal Zone of infection after ear surgery in
1923.
FRANKLIN, ELKIN L. McKinney, West Point graduate, Killed in polo match in
Hawaii June 24, 1932
WILSON IRA O.
McKinney, Aviation
Machinist Mate 3rd Class, Killed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Langley, 7
April, 1932, when he was struck by a an airplane propeller during training
exercises off the California coast.
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