Located at Weddington Cemetery in Weddington, AR.
Ollie
Son of
JA and Fannie
Lankford
No 2252044 home address
Siloam Springs Ark
Entered the army Feb 4, 1918
Sailed over seas June 30 and
landed in France Jul 13, 1918
No of rifle 776727 Rifle No 629597
Co D 1st B M 22 Engineer
Entered hospital at Lamour France
Mar 24, 1919
Sailed back to U.S.A. May 5
landed NY May 22, 1919
Left NY June 6 and arrived
NM June 10, 1919 left NM
Mar 15 and arrived home
Mar 18, 1920
Died Mar 25, 1920.
Aged 26 years.
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Death Date: 25 Mar 1920
County: Bent
Vol #: 11
Roll #: 19141923
Certificate #:102
1920 United States Federal Census Record for Pvt. Ollie Lankford
(http://www.ancestry.com/, May 5, 2011)
Name: Pvt. Ollie Lankford
Home in 1920: Fort Bayard, Grant, New Mexico
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Birthplace: Arkansas
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Arkansas
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex: Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record for Ollie Lankford
(http://www.ancestry.com/, May 5, 2011)
(http://www.ancestry.com/, May 5, 2011)
Name: Ollie Lankford
County: Delaware
State: Oklahoma
Birthplace: Arkansas;United States of America
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1894
Race: Caucasian (White)
FHL Roll Number: 1851773
Isn't it fascinating that the 1920 census questioned whether you could read and write.
ReplyDeleteWe have recently completed a National Census Form here in England, and although it didn't ask whether we owned a computer or not, I suppose it could be a modern equivalent kind of question.