Jim, Many thanks for your msg! It hadn't crossed my mind that he could have been wounded in action and but was unable to return stateside & died from the wounds well after the end of the war. The reason for the query, by the way, is that I'm trying to find the death dates & places of burial of the soldiers from Russell Co. who died during World War One. I have all the death dates but still have a few graves to locate in Russell County. It appears that the remains of the other 13 casualties were returned there for (re)burial. Thanks again for your reply. I really do appreciate it. Jim Jim Kyle wrote: > At 07:50 AM 9/14/05, Tucky wrote: > >> The appearance of his name on the World War One casualty list on the >> above-mentioned plaque and the 1920 date of death present a puzzling >> conundrum. > > > It's possible that he was wounded in action, and lingered on for several > years in a military hospital in France before succumbing. > > My father was wounded (lost his right index finger to a German > machine-gun bullet) in October of 1918, but remained under treatment in > Paris until around 1920 as the medics tried to save as much of the > finger as possible. I'm sure he was not the only patient in such > circumstances...