Lenoir County NC

John Hall Manning

Major, Inf., 2nd Btn., 30th Div., 119th Regt.; of Lenoir County; son of Jas. S. and Mrs. Julia Cain Manning. Entered service June 19, 1916, at Kinston, N.C. Sent to Camp Glenn, N.C., to Camp Stewart, Texas, to Camp Royster, N.C., to Camp Merritt, N. J. Sailed for France May 11, 1918. Promoted to rank of Major Oct. 4, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Lys offensive and Somme offensive. Left Div. Jan. 12, 1919, and attached to American Visitors Bureau in Paris. Returned to USA July 29, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., Aug. 16, 1919.

Daniel C. Boney

Corpl., Field Artillery, Hdqrs. Co., 55th Brigade, 113th Reg.; of Lenoir County; son of H. F. and Susan B. Boney. Entered service June, 1917, at Raleigh, N.C. Sent to Camp Sevier. Transferred to Montreal. Sailed for France May 26, 1918. Promoted to Corpl. Sept. 1, 1917. Fought at St. Mihiel, Argonne Forest. Wounded by shell at the battle of Argonne, Oct. 3, 1918. Sent to Base Hosp. No. 8, Savigny. Lost left arm and left knee joint. Gunshot wound in head. Returned to USA Jan. 24, 1919. Mustered out at Walter Reed Hospital, Oct. 13, 1919.