Theron A. Betts
(1893-1918)
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Theron A. Betts
Private Theron A. Betts
Private Theron A. Betts, signature on WWI draft registration
SS Ulua
Gravestone, Private Theron A. Betts, Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan, OH
Theron A. Betts
*No plaque found
*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.
Birth: 12/20/1893, Bryan, Ohio
Birth: 12/20/1893, Bryan, Ohio
Address: 603 E. Trevit St., Bryan, OH
Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupations Laborer at Frank Spicer, Bryan, OH and Stoker; claimed exemption from the draft "as the right of a free man who never has been convicted of a crime"
Appearance: Height medium, Build medium, Eyes gray, Hair black
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 6/11/1917; Private
Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 6/11/1917; Private
Service Number: 1193741
Deployment: 5/26/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Ulua
Action: completed Canada Expeditionary Force WWI Attestation papers [date unknown] in Vancouver, Canada but personnel files noted, "Illegally Absent" and that he was discharged. In the American Expeditionary Force he served in the Animal Transport Depot [which managed and supplied animals, especially horses and mules].
Death: July 28, 1918 at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds
Death: July 28, 1918 at age 24; cause of death Died of Wounds
Burial: buried locally after death near Chamblon, France; 7/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery Belleau, Aisne, France; 6/10/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium [no date given]; 6/231921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/20/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 7/21/1921 to the care of Foust Bros & Pray, S. Main St., Bryan, OH; final burial at Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan, OH
Burial: buried locally after death near Chamblon, France; 7/3/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at American Cemetery Belleau, Aisne, France; 6/10/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium [no date given]; 6/231921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Somme arriving Hoboken 7/5/1921; 7/20/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving 7/21/1921 to the care of Foust Bros & Pray, S. Main St., Bryan, OH; final burial at Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan, OH
Next of Kin: Addie Kenney, mother, 1519 W. 38th St., Cleveland, OH
Next of Kin: Addie Kenney, mother, 1519 W. 38th St., Cleveland, OH
Additional Information: Father: Adrian J. Betts (1867-1900), born Ohio, descended from founding settlers of Portsmouth, Rhode Island dating to the 1600's, buried Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan, OH alongside wife and son Private Theron A. Betts; Mother: Adaline "Addie" L. Weaver Kenney (1867-1946), born Ohio, remarried 1916 to John Francis Kenney, buried Fountain Grove Cemetery, Bryan, OH; Siblings: Parepa Zoe Betts McCavitt (1888-1971); L.C. Betts (1890-1955) who had a son named Theron John Betts (1918-1987), presumably the namesake of Private Theron A. Betts; Cula Erdo Betts Fitzenrider (1898-1986). Sibling list may be incomplete.
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