Private, Inf., Co. E, 30th Div., 120th Regt.; of Northampton County; son of W. H. and Mrs. Rosa Lee Deberry. Entered service Sept. 29, 1917, at Weldon, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson. Transferred to Camp Sevier. Sailed for France May 18, 1918. Fought at Vaux Andigny, Molain, Ypres, Bellicourt, Busigny, Vaux la Pietre. Wounded at Battle of Molain Oct. 18, 1918, by Machine Gun. Billetted near Amiens, France, when Armistice was signed. Mustered out at Camp Jackson, April 8, 1919.