Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Hammett, Leon C. ?
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The Cairo Messenger, Friday, Septemer 3, 1920
Cairo Boy Buried At Arlington Cemetery

Private Leon C. Hammett, of this county, who died in overseas service with the 
American Forces, was buried in the Arlington National Cemetery on last Monday 
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.  This is the first of the Grady County soldiers who 
died while serving in the colors, to be brought back and buried in this country.

Private Hammett was among eight other Georgians who were buried Monday.  A 
total of five officers and sixty one enlisted men were buried Monday.

The other Georgians were:

Second Lieut. Ryan M. Williamson, Fifty fourth Infantry Brigade, Veterinary 
Corps., Plains; Private Oliver O. Cleveland, Jr., Coast Artillery Culloden; 
Private Leon C. Hammett, Cairo; Private George D. Hersey, Coast Artillery, 
Nichols; Private John F. Moore, Coast Artillery, Adel; Private William L. 
Hicks, Coast Artillery, Moultrie; William C. Zeigler, Second Engineers, Sparks; 
and Private Solomon Jackson, 546 Engineers, Faceville. 

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