State of Indiana

Key, Oscar M.
Army Staff sergeant

Oscar M. Key, age 28, from Gibson County Princeton, Indiana .

Parents: Mattie Key

Service era: World War II
Schools: Princton High

Date of death: Friday, July 18, 1941
Death details: Died, non-battle; died at Letterman Hospital in San Francisco of injuries suffered in an automobile accident near Hamilton Field where he was serving.
Cemetery: White Church in Princeton

Source: National Archives, grave marker, Princeton Daily Clarion (1941)

Maxey, Paul E.
National Guard Private

Paul E. Maxey from Oakland City, Indiana, Gibson county.

Parents: Elmer Maxey

Service era: Post World War I
Military history: Battery D, 139th Field Artillery

Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1939
Death details: Killed instantly at Fort Knox, Kentucky when a fust for chemical shell, which he was handling, was detonated. He and others were standing together while examining a fuse charged with fulminate of mercury.
Cemetery: Montgomery in Oakland City

Source: Princeton Daily Clarion

Maxey, Roy
National Guard Corporal

Roy Maxey, age 21, from Oakland City, Indiana, Gibson county.

Parents: Elmer Maxey

Service era: Post World War I
Military history: Battery D, 139th Field Artillery

Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1939
Death details: Killed instantly at Fort Knox, Kentucky when a fust for chemical shell, which he was handling, was detonated. He and others were standing together while examining a fuse charged with fulminate of mercury.
Cemetery: Montgomery in Oakland City

Source: Princeton Daily Clarion

Snow, Willis
National Guard Private

Willis Snow from Elberfeld, Indiana, Warrick county.

Service era: Post World War I
Military history: Battery D, 139th Field Artillery

Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1939
Death details: Killed instantly at Fort Knox, Kentucky when a fust for chemical shell, which he was handling, was detonated. He and others were standing together while examining a fuse charged with fulminate of mercury.
Cemetery: Barnett Chapel near Elberfeld

Source: Princeton Daily Clarion

Jones, John R.
National Guard Private

John R. Jones, age 21, from Gibson, Indiana, Princeton county.

Parents: Robert Jones
Spouse: Married
Children: Son

Service era: Post World War I
Military history: Battery D, 139th Field Artillery

Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1939
Death details: Killed instantly at Fort Knox, Kentucky when a fust for chemical shell, which he was handling, was detonated. He and others were standing together while examining a fuse charged with fulminate of mercury.
Cemetery: Maple Hill in Princeton

Source: Princeton Daily Clarion

McCarty, Arthur Jr.
National Guard Private

Arthur Jr. McCarty, age 17, from Gibson, Indiana, Princeton county.

Parents: Mary McCarty

Service era: Post World War I
Schools: Princeton High
Military history: Battery D, 139th Field Artillery

Date of death: Sunday, August 13, 1939
Death details: Killed instantly at Fort Knox, Kentucky when a fust for chemical shell, which he was handling, was detonated. He and others were standing together while examining a fuse charged with fulminate of mercury.
Cemetery: Columbia Church in Princeton

Source: Princeton Daily Clarion

Frederick, Cecil
Army Private

Cecil Frederick, age 22, from Emison, Indiana, Knox county.

Parents: Joseph and Anna Frederick

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Sunday, September 28, 1919
Death details: Died of wounds from the Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Cemetery: Oaktown, Indiana

Source: Soldiers of the Great War, grave marker, Indiana Historical Commission

Alford, Isaac
Army Private

Isaac Alford from Indiana, Martin county.

Parents: George H. and Mary Anna Alford

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Wednesday, July 23, 1919
Death details: Died of tuberculosis at Ft. Bayard, New Mexico
Cemetery: Goodwill Cemetery, Loogootee, Indiana

Source: Indiana Historical Commission, grave marker

Ringer, Brice
Private

Brice Ringer, age 22, from Augusta, Indiana, Pike county.

Parents: William F. and Addeline Ringer

Service era: World War I

Parents: William F. and Addeline Ringer

Date of death: Sunday, June 22, 1919
Death details: Committed suicide in Berlin, Germany. Despondency caused by homesickness was given as the probably reason. His letters to relatives expressed a desire to return home. He was a member of the Red Cross mission in Germany and went overseas as a member of a medical detachment in 1918.
Cemetery: Buried in Augusta, Indiana

Source: Indiana Historical Commission, Princeton Daily Clarion (1919)

Davis, Arthur Stewart
Private

Arthur Stewart Davis, age 27, from Leavenworth, Indiana, Crawford county.

Parents: Lyman and Honor Davis
Spouse: Lela Mode Davis
Children: Revonah, Irma and Ralph Davis

Service era: World War I

Date of death: Monday, December 2, 1918
Death details: Died of pneumonia at Akron, Ohio
Cemetery: Cedar in Leavenworth

Source: Indiana Historical Commission, grave marker

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