WWI HERO- PRIVATE HARRY G. MYERS
Pvt. Harry Meyers, 22, the first casualty from Perry County.
died in France.
Gold Star Honor Roll
The Harry G. Myers Post of the American Legion, Cannelton, Ind. is named in his honor. Indiana Historical Commission 1921
Foster-son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Underhill; reared on a farm near Uniontown, Perry County, Ind. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army in 1916; sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Saw service with General Pershing on the Mexican Border. Overseas in June, 1917, with the First Division. Killed in action November 18, 1917. (Burial place unknown. Memorial at Sigler Cemetery) (Tell City Journal, January 9, 1918)
We are sorry indeed to find among the name of several soldier boys killed in France, the name of Harry Meyers a neighbor boy. He was about 22 years of age and enlisted in the Army several months ago and has been to France for some time. He was among the first few of our men who gave their lives on the battlefield for the world's freedom. He was killed in action on November 18, 1917, as reported by General Pershing. (Jan. 15, 1918 Tell City News)
Pvt. Harry Meyers of Uniontown, was the first Perry County lad to lose his life in France. His father is living but his mother is dead. He was placed in an orphans home in Shelbyville, Indiana, and taken out when a small small boy by Arthur Underhill of Uniontown, where he made his home until a few years ago. He enlisted in the regular army in 1916 and saw service under General Pershing in Mexico, and going with him in 1917 to France with the American Advance Guard. He was killed in action there last November 1917. (Jan 15, 1918 Tell City News)
There has been another star added to the service flag at the Christian church at this place. That makes eight in all. There is one gold star for Harry Meyers the first Perry County boy to fall in France in defense of his country. (Jan. 22, 1918 Tell City News)
At the request of Miss Ethel Underhill of Doolittle Mills, Indiana, the flag that draped the coffin of Pvt. Harry Meyers, Company 826 Infantry, will float over the sacred dust of our dead hero on November 11th, Armistice Day for the first time on our soil of the good old USA and over the grave of our noble true and brave. We were requested by her that "Old Glory" on November 11th shall float in Sigler Creek cemetery over the grave of Harry Myers who was killed November 18, 1917, in France, and that his grave be decorated with flowers in loving remembrance of him who gave his life for his country while fighting for liberty. (Nov. 7, 1921 Cannelton Enquirer)