When John Webster Rhoads was born on July 2, 1895, his father, George, was 28 and his mother, Christina, was 26. He had two brothers and one sister. He enlisted in Company I when he was seventeen years old, and went with his company to the Mexican Border in the summer of 1916, and to Boise in April 1917, where the Company was mustered into the service of the National Government. After going to training camp he was commissioned to Second Lieutenant and assigned to another detachment which left for France in January, 1918. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I in 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on April 28, 1918 and is now buried in Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France. His name is inscribed on the Cantigny monument as LT J W RHODES.