Pitt County NC

Roy H. Forbes

Private, 1st Class, Inf., Co. K, 1st Div., 16th Inf.; of Pitt County; son of Enoch H. and Mrs. Mary A. Forbes. Entered service April 18, 1917, at Greenville, N.C. Sent to Ft. Thomas. Transferred to Ft. Bliss. Sailed for France June 14, 1917. Fought at Toul Sector and Somme. Gassed at Somme front June 8, 1918. Sent to Field Hospital No. 13. French Gas. Amb. 186. American Naval Base No. 1. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., Sept 26, 1919.

O’Hagan Charles Laughinghouse

Lt. Col., Med. Corps, Comdg. Officer Base Hosp. 85; of Pitt County; son of J. J. and Eliza O’Hagan Laughinghouse. Husband of Carrie Dail Laughinghouse. Entered service January, 1918, at Greenville. Sent to Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. Transferred to Camp Forrest. Transferred from there to Ft. Sam Houston, then to Ft. Sill, Okla. Sailed for France Sept. 8, 1918. Promoted to rank of Lt. Col. August, 1918; Comdg. Officer Base Hospital 85. Organized and trained at Ft. Sill and from there overseas. Stationed at Paris from Sept., 1918, to Jan., 1919. Then transferred to Angier and took over Base Hospital No. … Read more

A. S. Hatem

1st Lt. Co. A, 79th Div., 310th Machine Gun Battalion; born in Pitt County; son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Hatem. Entered service October, 1917, at Greenville, N.C. Was sent to Camp Meade, Md. Sailed for France June 25, 1918. Promoted to rank of Lieutenant November, 1918. Fought at St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne offensive. Received shrapnel wound, Meuse-Argonne, Sept. 27, 1918. Sent to Hospital No. 18. Served on Mexican border six months, 24 months Philippine Islands, also in China. Mustered out at Camp Dix, N. J., July 5, 1919. First enlistment was from 1911 to 1914.

George R. Smith

Private 1st Class, F. A., Ordnance Dept., 30th Div., 114th Regt.; of Pitt County; son of Robert W. and Mrs. Mayme Smith. Entered service Sept. 20, 1917, at Farmville, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., then to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France May 26, 1918. Fought at Argonne Forest, St. Mihiel. Returned to USA March 23, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April 9, 1919.