1st Class Private, Co. G, 81st Div., 323rd Inf. Regt.; of Haywood County; son of Van and Bettie Toy. Husband of Mrs. Lillian Fay Toy. Entered service May 24, 1918, at Waynesville. Sent to Camp Jackson, transferred to Camp Sevier, then to Camp Mills. Sailed for France July 31, 1918. Fought at Meuse-Argonne, Verdun, St. Die. Returned to USA June 13, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., June 28, 1919.