Greer County, OK - Military: Soldiers of WWI Sunday, May 06, 2007 USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. ************************************************************************ Transcribed by Jane Boggess-- Oklahoma Soldiers of WWI, Surnames from "The Oklahoma Spirit of '17"--Biographical Volume. Compiled by W. E. Welch, J. S. Aldridge, L. V. Aldridge. Historical Publ. Co., Oklahoma City, OK 1920. Name Rank Town/City County Spirit '17 BARNARD, William H. Pvt 1st Cl Greer Son of Mr & Mrs Frank BARNARD; born in TX, August 10, 1896; educated in TX and OK; entered service May 29, 1918; trained Camp Bowie, Co C, 111th Ammunition Train, 36th Div; overseas July 31, 1918, France; fought at Meuse-Argonne; discharged Aug 20, 1919, Camp Pike. 232,y BRADSHAW, Earl Lee Chauffuer Mangum Greer Son of Mr & Mrs W S BRADSHAW; born May 9, 1899, Big Springs, TX; educated in the schools of OK and Henry Kendall College, Tulsa, OK; entered service Jul 8, 1918; trained at Ft Logan and Jacksonville, FL, Co 48, M T C, Gen'l Hdqts; overseas Sep 1, 1918; was in France, Holland, England, Poland, and Germany; fought at St Quinten, gassed and wounded twice by motor accidents; discharged Sep 1, 1919, Camp Pike. 231,y BRADSHAW, Roy Mangum Greer Son of Mr & Mrs W S BRADSHAW; born Dec 8, 1890, Maysville, OK; educated in the schools of OK; entered service Apr 1, 1918; trained at Camp Logan, Co 344, 90th Div, Machine Gun Bat; overseas Jun 27, 1918; landed in France; was with the Army of Occupation in Germany; fought at Verdun, Marne, Argonne Forrest and St Mihiel; gassed and slightly wounded; discharged at Camp Pike. 232,y BYARS, Henry F. Cpl Mangum Greer Son of H G BYARS; born Feb 6, 1891, Mangum, OK; educated at Mangum schools; entered service Nov 15, 1917; trained Camp Logan, Hosp Corps, 33rd Div Sanitary Unit #1; overseas to France Jun 2, 1918; served in Convalescent Hosp; discharged Jun 12, 1918, Camp Mills. 219,y COOK, George Washington Mangum Greer Son J W COOK; born Apr 22, 1897, TX; educated in OK schools; entered service Nov 8, 1918; trained Camp Cody with Hosp Corps. 219,y COTTEN, Chester Lamon Pvt Greer Son of H. L. & Clista Cotten, born Nov 7, 1892, Warren Co, TN; entered service Aug 27, 1918; trained at Camp Pike, AR, Company K, 4th Training Regiment. While there preparing himself to participate in the great world struggle, he contracted pneumonia and died at Base Hospital, Camp Pike, Oct 15, 1918. He is buried at Mangum, OK. 228,y COX, Marvin F. Mangum Greer Son of A. P. & Jennie Cox; born June 47, 1894, TX; entered service Oct 4, 1917; trained at Camp Travis and Camp Bowie, Company C, 132nd Machine Gun Battalion; overseas July, 1918, landing in France; awarded the Croix de Guerre; KILLED IN ACTION, by bursting shell, Oct 40, Argonne. 227,y DANIEL, James H. Comanche/Greer 219,y GARRETT, Alexander P. Pvt Mangum Greer 229,y GREEN, Floyd Mangum Greer 219,y HALL, George W. Pvt 1st Cl Mangum Greer 232, y HOWARD, Samuel Dewey Mstr Eng Mangum Greer 219,n McGREGOR, Dr. Frank H. Major Temple Greer 226,n SPENCER, William Charles Sgt Mangum Greer 230,y NOTE: Info at the end of the BIO,[ y = photo; n= no photo ](#'s are for my info)