Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - Allen Benjamin Moyer d. July 25, 1918 d. July 25, 1918 pd. 1920 cem. Kincaid Cemetery fthr: John W. Moyer p. Hardin News, Hardin, Missouri To Bring Body Home. Allen B. Moyer, Soldier, Died in England, July 25, 1918. John W. Moyer, of the Millville country, received a telegram the last of the week from the was department in Washington, stating that the body of his son, Allen B. Moyer, who died in England while a member of the American Expeditionary Forces in 1918, would be returned to this county and is scheduled to arrive at Hoboken, New Jersey Thursday, April 29th. Mr. Moyer instructed the war department over a year ago to return the body of his deceased son to its native land. The remains will be brought to Lexington Junction and taken to the Kincaid cemetery near Knoxville for interment, probably under the auspices of the local post of the American Legion. It is not known what date the body will arrive here. Mr. Moyer was a member of Company G. having enlisted at Richmond on July 16, 1917. He went overseas with the Ray county company and became ill while the thirty-fifth division was in England. He was confined to a Red Cross hospital at Netley Hauts, England, and his death occurred, on July 25, 1918, the family having been notified of his death August 16th, following. He was the second Ray countian who died overseas, Harold A. Sampson, also a member of Company G., having succumbed to spinal meningitis May 27, 1918. --------- Richmond Missourian, Richmond, Missouri; 1920 To Bring Body Here. According to Mr. A.W. Mansur of the Mansur Undertaking Company, Mr. John W. Moyer of the Millville section has been notified by the War Department at Washington, D.C., that the body of his son, Allen, whose death occurred in England during the war, would arrive in the United States on April 29th and would be sent to Richmond for burial. The death of Allen Moyer occurred in July 1918, at a hospital in England. He was formerly a member of Company G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Jenna Zunker USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------