James Ferguson Stott

James Ferguson Stott

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 6/9/1892, Philipsburg, Pennsylvania

Address: 1240 E. 101st St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Painter at Ott Bros. at time of draft registration and also listed as a Painter in the 1911 Johnstown, PA city directory and in the 1913 and 1916 Cleveland, OH city directories

Appearance: Height tall, Build slender, Eyes gray, Hair dark 

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 4/25/1918; Private First Class

Service Number: 2478828

Deployment: 6/12/1918 from New York, NY aboard SS Carpathia

Action: 35 Co 158 Dep Brig to May 1/18; Co F 330 Inf to July 29/18; Co E 16 Inf to death. Pvt; Pvt 1cl July 1/18. St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. WIA slightly Oct 5/18. AEF June 12/18 to death. Cited in GO 1 Div dated Jan 1/20.

Death: October 21, 1918 [3 weeks before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at Departement des Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France at age 26; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: buried locally after death in the British-American Cemetery, Exermont, Ardenne, France; 6/7/1919 remains disinterred and reburied at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France; 11/18/1921 remains disinterred and reburied in final resting place at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France, Plot B Row 42 Grave 2

Next of Kin: Mrs. Anna Gaul, mother, R.F.D. 2, Rochester Mills, PA; additional address 517 Somerset St., Johnstown, PA 

Additional Information: Mother: Anna Gaul, about whom no additional information was found. Father and Siblings unknown.

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