1st Class Private, Battery E, 30th Div., 113th Field Artillery. Born Dec. 10, 1897. Son of J. M. and Sallie Alley, of Caldwell County. Husband of Frances Alley. Entered service July 25, 1917, at Lenoir, N.C. Was sent to Camp Sevier, S. C., July 25, 1917. Went to France June 19, 1918. Fought at Argonne, St. Mihiel, Sandy Woods. Landed in the USA March 9, 1919, at Newport News, Va. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, S. C., March 28, 1919.