"Y" Surnames - WWI Military Biographies for Jackson Co., MN
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Source:  "Victory Jackson County Minnesota in the World War" published 1921
by Neulen & Lueneburg, Lakefield, MN.

YARNS, Brian L.

Brian L. Yarns - pg. 41 - photo included
Gunners mate, 3rd class, Navy, Yeoman, U.S.S. New Hampshire; son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Yarns, Jackson, Minn.; entered service April 30, 1917, at St.
Paul, Minn.; to Great Lakes, July 4, 1917; to Philadelphia Navy Yards,
March, 1918; on board New Hampshire April 1, 1918; made five trips overseas
conveying transports; transferred from New Hampshire to receiving ship at
Ellis Island, in May 1918; moved to Brooklyn; honorably discharged; enlisted
for four years.

YARNS, Morris D.

Morris D. Yarns - pg. 45 - photo included
Private, Co. T, 118th Infantry, 30th Division; son of Mr. and Mrs. George B.
Yarns, Jackson, Minn.; entered service February 26, 1918, at Jackson, Minn.;
to Camp Dodge, February 26, 1918; to Camp Sevier, March 23, 1918; to Camp
Upton, May 10, 1918; overseas May 22, 1918; engaged in battle of Ypres
Sector, St. Quentin; gassed October 17, 1918; discharged Apr. 10, 1919.