Name:
Wortham Jackson Payne
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
Unit:
3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-10
State:
Louisiana
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
A
Row:
4
Grave:
1
Decoration:
Distinguished Service Cross
Comments:
Wortham Jackson Payne was born on August 19, 1898 in Georgetown, Grant Parish, Louisiana and there, he entered the military service. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Sergeant in Company D, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on October 10, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.