Name:
John Wesley Payne
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-05
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Riverside Cemetery, Elsie, Michigan
Plot:
40/3
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
When John Wesley Payne was born on February 4, 1892, in Elsie, Michigan, his father, William, was 47 and his mother, Mary, was 39. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 5, 1918 at the age of 26 and is now buried in Riverside Cemetery, Elsie, Clinton County, Michigan, USA.