CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TN

MILITARY

World War I: Gold Star Records

Oscar P. Cupp

Birthplace: New Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN          Date of Birth: 7 March 1896

Parents: James Cupp & Fannie Cupp          Occupation: Farming          Married: No

Entered Service: New Tazewell, TN          Nearest Relative: James Cupp, New Tazewell, TN

Branch: Army Infantry          Rank: Private          Training: Atlanta, GA & Columbia, SC

Company: K          Regiment: 6th          Division: 5th          Date of Sailing: April 1918

Date of Arrival in Europe: April 1918          Date & Location of Death: 18 October 1918, Cormmune, France

Burial: Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne Sous Montfaucon, Meuse, France; #84, Section 20, Plot 2

Source: "Tennessee World War I Gold Star Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1918-1924, online database (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm : accessed 28 February 2018).

Arthur Victor Kibert

Birthplace: Claiborne County, TN          Date of Birth: 25 July 1899

Parents: John Kibert & Nan Ida Kibert (Lambert)          Occupation: Farming

Married: No          Nearest Relative: Mrs. Ida Lambert, Arthur, TN

Occupation: Farming          Married: No

Training: Fort Oglethorpe, GA & Jacksonville, FL    

Entered Service: 9 April 1917, Cumberland Gap, TN          Branch: Army Quarter Master Corps

Date & Location of Death: 11 October 1918, Jacksonville, FL          Rank: Private

Burial: 16 October 1918, Arthur, TN

Source: "Tennessee World War I Gold Star Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1918-1924, online database (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm : accessed 28 February 2018).

William H. Leach

Birthplace: Speedwell, Claiborne County, TN          Date of Birth: 2 May 1897

Parents: George Leach & Mary Leach          Occupation: Farming          Married: No

Nearest Relative: Mrs. George Leach, Speedwell

Entered Service: 5 September 1918

Branch: Army          Rank: Private          Training: Camp Jackson, SC

Company: 5th Corps          Regiment: Artillery Park

Date & Location of Death: 5 October 1918 at sea          Burial: At sea

Source: "Tennessee World War I Gold Star Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1918-1924, online database (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm : accessed 28 February 2018).

Ballard C. Linch

Birthplace: New Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN          Date of Birth: 29 December 1894

Parents: C. Linch & Elizabeth Linch          Occupation: Doctor          Married: Yes

Nearest Relative: Mrs. Bonnie Linch, Chuckey, TN (wife)

Entered Service: 6 June 1918, Camp Meade, MD          Branch: Army Medical Corps

Rank: 1st Lieutenant          Training: Camp Meade, MD          Company: Sanitation Detachment

Regiment: 314th          Division: 79th          Date of Sailing: 8 July 1918

Date of Arrival in Europe: 14 July 1918          Battles: Argonne Forest, Verdum Sector

Date & Location of Death: 29 September 1918, France          Burial: New Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN

Source: "Tennessee World War I Gold Star Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1918-1924, online database (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm : accessed 28 February 2018).

Henry Venson Soard

Birthplace: Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN          Date of Birth: 6 June 1894

Parents: John Soard & Malvina Soard          Occupation: Farming          Married: No

Nearest Relative: Mrs. Vaney Thacker, New Tazewell, TN

Entered Service: 20 September 1917, Tazewell, TN

Branch: Army Engineering Corps          Training: Camp Gordon, Atlanta, GA

Rank: Private          Company: B          Regiment: 105th          Promotions: 1st Class Private          

Date of Sailing: 26 May 1918          Date of Arrival in Europe: 6 June 1918

Date & Location of Death: 17 October 1918, Molain, Aisne, France

Source: "Tennessee World War I Gold Star Records," Tennessee State Library and Archives, 1918-1924, online database (http://teva.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm : accessed 28 February 2018).