Name:
Milton McKinley Whitham
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-05
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
E
Row:
4
Grave:
12
Decoration:
Comments:
Photo from the book Ripley County's Part in the World War, 1917-1918 (Versailles, IN: Ripley Historical Society, 1920), p. 299. The book stated that Milton McKinley Whitham was born on 29 December 1896 near Cross Plains, IN, and grew up on the farm where he was born. In May 1918, he was working as a clerk for the Goodrich Rubber Tire Company in Akron, OH, when he was called up for military service. After he reached France, he was assigned to Co. K, 28th Infantry, First Division. He served at the battle of St. Mihiel and in the Meuse-Argonne offensive but was killed in action in Argonne on 5 October 1918. (Note: This book is no longer under copyright.)