1st class Private, F Artillery, Btn. E, 81st Div., 317th F. Artillery; of Guilford County; son of W. B. and Mrs. Cora Brackett. Entered service May 29, 1918, at High Point, N.C. Sent to Camp Jackson, S. C. Transferred to Camp Mills, N. Y. Sailed for France Aug. 7, 1918. Landed Aug. 20, 1918. Returned to USA June 8, 1919, at Newport News, Va. Mustered out at Camp Lee, Va., June 20, 1919.