Corpl., Field Signal Btn., Co. C, 81st Div., 306th Regt.; of Tyrell County; son of Martha A. Godwin. Husband of Mrs. Jennie Godwin. Entered service May 23, 1917, at Columbia, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Sevier, S. C., then to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for England and France. Promoted to Corpl. May, 1919. Fought at Meuse-Argonne. Sent to Base Hospital No. 48. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., June 27, 1919.
North Carolina Cemetery records are listed by county then name of cemetery within the North Carolina county. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Thomas Spruill House Cemetery (hosted at Tyrell County, North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project)
Private, 106th Inf., Co. H, 27th Div., 106th Regt.; of Tyrell County; son of B. J. and Macedonia Hopkins. Entered service Oct. 6, 1918, at Elizabeth City, N.C. Sent to Camp Wadsworth, S. C. Transferred to Camp Lee, Va. Sailed for Brest, France, Sept. 28, 1918. Arrived in USA March 6, 1919. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., April 4, 1919.