Pvt., Ambulance Company No. 148, 112th Sanitary Train, 37th Division WW1
Awarded two Silver Stars:
"For gallantry in action near Ivory France on September 29, 1918, in helping wounded soldiers under heavy enemy fire. by command of General Pershing
Awarded a Division Citation
On September 29, 1918, near Ivoiry France, he voluntarily went beyond the position assigned to him and entered the woods under severe enemy artillery fire and through tear gas to search for wounded, reported by a member of the Hospital Corps, who had been overcome by gas. Being unable to find the wounded in the dark while wearing his gas mask, he returned and removed his mask and without regard for his personal safety, reentered the woods and removed a wounded soldier to a place of safety. By command of Major General Farnsworth
Awarded a Citation Certificate – Gallantry in Action March 27, 1919
Byron was the son of David and Mary Ann Grubb. He was a carpenter and farmer in Elkhart County and a highly decorated veteran of WWI, receiving two Silver Stars for his service in Belgium and France with the 148th Ambulance Company.
Byron had three sisters, Leola, Wilma, and Verna, one brother, Orrin, a half-sister, Sarah, and a half-brother, Elmer.
Byron married Miss Ethel Wilkinson in Elkhart county on July 19, 1919. They had one son and two daughters: Edwin, Mrs. Jacob (Mary) Tusing, and Mrs. Kate Mock.
grandchildren (from Mary): Mrs. Ann Teeple, Bob Tusing, Allen Tusing
Pvt., Ambulance Company No. 148, 112th Sanitary Train, 37th Division WW1
Awarded two Silver Stars:
"For gallantry in action near Ivory France on September 29, 1918, in helping wounded soldiers under heavy enemy fire. by command of General Pershing
Awarded a Division Citation
On September 29, 1918, near Ivoiry France, he voluntarily went beyond the position assigned to him and entered the woods under severe enemy artillery fire and through tear gas to search for wounded, reported by a member of the Hospital Corps, who had been overcome by gas. Being unable to find the wounded in the dark while wearing his gas mask, he returned and removed his mask and without regard for his personal safety, reentered the woods and removed a wounded soldier to a place of safety. By command of Major General Farnsworth
Awarded a Citation Certificate – Gallantry in Action March 27, 1919
Byron was the son of David and Mary Ann Grubb. He was a carpenter and farmer in Elkhart County and a highly decorated veteran of WWI, receiving two Silver Stars for his service in Belgium and France with the 148th Ambulance Company.
Byron had three sisters, Leola, Wilma, and Verna, one brother, Orrin, a half-sister, Sarah, and a half-brother, Elmer.
Byron married Miss Ethel Wilkinson in Elkhart county on July 19, 1919. They had one son and two daughters: Edwin, Mrs. Jacob (Mary) Tusing, and Mrs. Kate Mock.
grandchildren (from Mary): Mrs. Ann Teeple, Bob Tusing, Allen Tusing
Gravesite Details
buried next to his sister Leola
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