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Ordway Ellis B.

Name:
Ellis B. Ordway
Rank:
Sergeant
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Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-16
State:
Kentucky
Cemetery:
Crayne Cemetery, Crayne, Kentucky
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When Ellis B. Ordway was born on August 18, 1895, in Marion, Kentucky, his father, William, was 39 and his mother, Julia, was 36. He was in Co. A., 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. His comrades spoke of him as a brave soldier. He was sent to the front to Argonne Forest, where he was wounded twice by a machine gun in the right leg on the 17th day of July 1918 and he died July 26th, 1918 from his wounds, at age 23.

Although Ellis died in 1918 his remains weren't returned home to Crayne, Ky. until April 1921. His service was conducted by Rev. Smith of Dawson, Ky, in the presence of a large crowd of sympathetic friends at the Crayne Presbyterian Church. The remains were wrapped in the American Flag, for which he fought and died.

He is now buried in Crayne Cemetery, Crayne, Crittenden County, Kentucky, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com