Daryl Mathers Biography

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This biography was copied from "Washington County in the World War",
page 40.


Daryl Mathers
Washington, Iowa

Daryl Mathers of Washington, was born at Ainsworth, Iowa, February
11, 1895. He was the son of John C. Mathers and Lillie Cates.

Army Record

Corporal Mathers, entered the service June 20, 1916, as a member of Co. K,
First Iowa Infantry, which served on the Mexican border. He was
transferred to Co. K, 168th Infantry, 42nd Division, and went overseas
in November, 1917. He was gassed July 15, 1918, on the Champagne front
but got back in time for the Meuse-Argonne drive just before the
Armistice. He was discharged May 3, 1919.