D
istinguished Service Cross Recipient
Timeline
Birth- 17 Jan 1895
Kansas
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 22 - 18 years
Conflict Period
Other Service
Army Branch
Infantry
Service Start Date
Mar 1916
Branch
Army
Conflict
Mexican Punitive Expedition
Service End Date
Feb 1917
Served For
United States of America
Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
Battalion
1st Battalion
Company
Company "C"
Enlistment- 21 May 1913-Age: 18 years
Kansas
1914 - 1918World War I- Ages: 24 - 22 years
Rank
First Sergeant
Service End Date
11 Nov 1918
Service Number
42098
Army Branch
Infantry
Branch
Army
Conflict Period
World War I
Service Start Date
6 Apr 1917
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, French Croix de Guerre
Served For
United States of America
Division
1st Division
Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
Battalion
1st Battalion
Company
Company "C"
Gold Star
Casualty- 8 Oct 1918-Age: 24 years
Wounded In Action
17 Jul 1918
France
Wounded In Action
18 Sept 1918
France
Wounded In Action
Fleville, France
Marriage
Zola T. Cramer
Spouse Death Date
15 Apr 1989
Race or Ethnicity
Caucasian
Gender
Male
Battle Honors (WWI): Meuse-Argonne
Battle Honors (WWI): Defensive Sector
Battle Honors (WWI): Montidier-Noyon
9 Jun 2013
Battle Honors (WWI): St. Mihiel
12 Sept 2016
Battle Honors (WWI): Aisne-Marne
Death- 8 Dec 1978-Age: 84 years
Belfair, Washington
Burial- Dec 1978-Age: 84 years
Port Orchard Washington
Cemetery
Knights of Pythias Cemetery
Other Facts
Full Name
John Earl Personett
Mother
Nancy Jane Craig
Father
John Gardner Personett
