David Hamit Harris

1st Class Private, 120th Inf., Co. L, Div. 30th, 3rd Reg. Born May 13, 1889; son of T. F. and M. L. Harris, of Davidson County. Entered service June 5, 1917, at Thomasville, N.C. Was sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., September, 1917. Transferred to Camp Merritt, N. J. Sent to France May, 1918. Fought at Ypres, Belgium. Killed at Ypres, Belgium, August 4, 1918. Buried at Poperinghe. Hamit D. Harris was the first Thomasville boy to make the supreme sacrifice in the cause of freedom and righteousness, and he was one among the bravest and best. He lived a … Read more

Daniel C. Culbreth

2nd Lt., Co. L, 30th Div., 120th Inf.; son of D. C. and Jennie K. Culbreth, of Davidson County. Entered service April, 1916, at Thomasville, N.C. Was sent to Camp Sevier, S. C. Sent overseas May 17, 1918. Promoted to the rank of 2nd Lt. Nov. 13, 1917. Killed at Ypres Sector, Aug. 31, 1918. Buried in Belgium, British Cemetery. Entitled to wear a silver star on the Victory Cross ribbon, for gallantry in action in the Ypres Sector, Belgium, Aug. 31, 1918, while leading daylight patrol. Was on the Mexican border from June, 1916, to March, 1917.