Good Beautiful Evening Boschong Subscribers, I have posted much about the family lineage of William D. Bushong Jr. See BOSCHONG Archives for May 2007, October 2009, November 2009, November 2011, and February 2012 to name a few. I decided to find an obit for this fine young man and here it is. There is a discrepancy as to exact date of death on some sites. I believe the official record at the bottom is probably the correct one. He might have been wounded on the 9thof October but he died on the 15th of October. --------------- 1900 Federal Census: Tennessee Morristown Town, 6th Civil District, ED 58, Hamblen County Enumerated 5 June 1900 Page 58B, Sheet 6 Lines 60-64, HH 116/118 William D. Bushong Head/W/M/Dec1864/35/Md9yrs/ClerkInBank/OwnsHmFree/TN/TN/TN Maud B. Bushong Wife/W/F/Dec1869/30/3children3living/VA/NC/NC WILLIAM D. BUSHONG Son/W/M/Sept1892/7/AttendedSchool/TN/TN/VA Louise C. Bushong Dau/W/F/July1895/4/TN/TN/VA Mary E. Bushong Dau/W/F/July1897/2/TN/TN/VA ----------------- The Morristown Gazette Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee Thursday, 28 November 1918 Page 1, Column 8 LIEUTENANT WILLIAM D. BUSHONG WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 9TH OCTOBER --- WAS POPULAR WITH HIS MEN AND INSPIRATION TO SOLDIERS AROUND HIM ------- In a letter received Tuesday received Tuesday by Mr. M. C. McCanless and written by Landon Peoples, assistant chaplain of Company K, 326 Infantry, word was sent that William D. Bushong Jr., of the same company, which had gone to the front 6th October, had fallen in action the third day of battle on 9th October. Lieutenant Bushong was 26 years of age, and enlisted some years ago in the coast artillery. After leaving the service, he was engaged in electrical work for two years in New York City. On August 1916, he joined the 11th Infantry, seeing service on the Mexican border. From the 11th Infantry, he was sent to Camp Gordon, where he received the commission of Lieutenant. In April of 1918, he was sent with the 82nd Division for France, and after a few weeks preliminary training in that country, was continually on the firing line. The letter from Mr. Peoples stated that Lieutenant Bushong had been immensely popular among his comrades, and by his cheerful morale, and brave spirit had proved an inspiration to the soldiers around him. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bushong and two sisters Mrs. Cecil McClister and Mary Bushong. His mother mailed his Christmas carton the morning before the news of his death was received and expressed her uneasiness since he had not written in several weeks. His many friends in Morristown mourn the fact that another bright young life should pay the toll of liberty, but feel that, with the others, who have gone, he is numbered as a "Soldier of the Cross." ----------------------------- The Morristown Gazette Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee Thursday, 28 November 1918 LIST NAMES BOYS WHOSE BOXES HAVE BEEN SENT Up to Tuesday evening the following boys in France had been sent Christmas cartons and in this order: LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BUSHONG ----------------------------- BURIAL: ARLINGTON VIRGINIA NATIONAL CEMETERY (Second burial) WILLIAM BUSHONG 2nd Lieutenant Company K 326th Regiment Infantry 82nd Division - World War I Date of Death: 15 October 1918 Grave Located: Section SS, Lot 4293 Remarks: Original Burial Grave 39, Plot 1, Section 3, #1232 Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne - Sous - Montfaucon, Meuse, France C. R. August 1921 ------------------------------ Researched and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong