WWI Draft Cards - Free to Search During Feb. 2006 World War One Draft Cards database will be free to search (with registration) during February 2006. Registration requires your name and email address. To take advantage of this offer go to the webpage below and click on the WWI Draft Cards link near the top... Free Genealogy Stuff Online - Charts, Forms, Software & Online Records http://www.researchguides.net/free.htm< href="http://www.researchguides.net/freehtm" target=_blank>http://www.researchguides.net/freehtm> -- Teddy List Mom for the Grayson Co Ky List, Brady, Vertrees, Ford, Fulkerson,and Commonwealth http://www.kygenweb.net/pd-res/deford.html -------------- Original message -------------- From: gkeusch@psci.net > I am hoping to solve a mystery about a distant relative and hope there are a few > WWI buffs out there who can help me-- > > I have a distant relative who was in WWI-- he was from Indianapolis. Part of > his service and obit reads: > > After passing through the bitter fighting which took place at Chateau-Thierry > and the Argonne forest and after he had been assigned to that part of the Army > of Occupation stationed near Coblenz, Germany, Elmer M. Cox, 628 North Temple > Avenue, died of broncho-pneumonia on Feb. 28, 1919. Notification of Private > Cox's death has been received from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Blanch > Cox. > > Private Cox enlisted at Canton, O., and was assigned to Company G, 332d > Infantry, at Camp Cherman, O. He sailed for France on June 11, 1918, where he > was assigned to Company G, 308th Field Signal Battalion. He was born in > Indianapolis, Dec. 19, 1894. > > Crown Hill online records have: Cox, Elmer M, d. 02/02/1920, PVT 1/CL C 308TH > BATTY US FLD SIG BAT, Plot: 9 1486, * > > The family story circulating is that this soldier flew with Capt. Eddie > Rickenbacker. Being a retired US History teacher-- something tells me this > is not quite right. I think the soldier was on the ground, in the signal > corps-- he may have known Rickenbacker or even flown on a mission with him, > but I don't think he was actually in the air. > Where would I go to get a war record on him? Would Indy have it since he was > a resident of Indy? He is buried at Crown Hill, but the year of off, so I > don't know if the year is the actual burial or if it is just an error. > > Any info on how to untwist the mystery will be appreciated. Thanks. Helen > Zuber Keusch > > forever searching the EAKINS, FORD/FOARD, MELTON, WALCUP, SANDEFUR, EZELL, > HANDLEY, THOMASSON, BIGGERSTAFF, ZUBER, GUTEKUNST/GOODART, ANTHIS, BANGERT, > LAND, CRABTREE, BENNETT, EDWARDS, REEVES, WOFFORD families--my lines; and on > hubby's side the families of MEHRINGER, SCHITTER/SCHUETTER, HOCHGESANG, SCHMITT, > HURST, BECHER, KEUSCH, ZIMMERMAN, ACKERMAN, BURGER, and HOPF (and some > side-lines). > > > > ==== INMARION Mailing List ==== > Check out the Marion County InGenWeb site at > href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~inmarion/index.html"> Marion County, Indiana > GenWeb >