Name:
Henry Arthur Pearcy
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-05
State:
Indiana
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
E
Row:
6
Grave:
9
Decoration:
Comments:
When Henry Arthur Pearcy was born on March 24, 1894, in Martinsville, Indiana, his father, Charles, was 26 and his mother, Iva, was 21. He married Elizabeth Ellett on April 5, 1918, in his hometown. He entered the service on September 20, 1917 in Bloomfield, Ind. He was sent to Camp Taylor, Ky. and went overseas in June, 1918; assigned to Company K, 16th Infantry, 1st Division. He participated in battles of St. Mihiel, and Meuse. He was Killed in Action on October 5, 1918, in Argonne Forest and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.