Rains, Curtis A. - Leflore County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Peggy Horton  <wphor@sbcglobal.net>  25 Sep 2005
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Curtis A. Rains

:Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery--France

Curtis A. Rains, the son of JAMES H. C. and LONA C. (WILEMAN) RAINS and my 
mother's first cousin, Poteau, LeFlore County, Oklahoma, entered the 
Service from LeFlore County, Oklahoma, and served as a Private First 
Class, U S Army, with the 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, 
during World War I.

CURTIS was born September 1, 1898, in LeFlore County, Indian Territory, 
and killed in action on October 8, 1918, in France. He was buried at the 
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery at Plot H, Row 38, Grave 12, in Romagne, 
France. As part of the World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage offered by the U.S. 
War Department, MRS. LONA RAINS went to France to see her son's final 
resting place.

CURTIS' name is engraved on the War Memorial Monument that is in front of 
the LeFlore County Courthouse in Poteau. His name is listed in "AMERICAN 
SOLIDERS OF WORLD WAR I • SOLDIERS OF THE GREAT WAR, Volume 1", page 115. 
His mother, brothers, and sister were living in or near DeQueen, Arkansas, 
at the time he was killed.
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