Mostaert, Emiel
Corporal, 1978346, Company G, 18th Infantry, 1st Division
Silver Star. General Orders No. 5, Headquarters 1st Infantry Brigade, A.E.F., Selters, Germany, June 1, 1919: The following officers and men are cited for gallant and courageous conduct during their participation in one of the four major operations of this division: 18th Infantry .......Company G .......Private Emiel Mostaert ....By command of Brigadier General Parker: J.W. Crissy, Major, Infantry, U.S. Army, Brigade Adjutant.
Record. Born Feburary 2, 1896, Belgium; son of Henry and Emiely (Van Kerstbelt) Mostaert. Came to Indiana March, 1907. Laborer, Fairmount. Entered service October 5, 1917, Van Buren. Training: Camp Taylor, KY; Camp Sherman, OH: Camp Mills, NY. Assigned to Company M, 334th Infantry; transferred to Company G, 18th Infantry. Private first class, August 5, 1918; corporal, September 20, 1918; private, March 19, 1919; private first class, September 1, 1919. Overseas September 2, 1918 - September 8, 1919. Battles: Meuse-Argonne, Sedan. In Army of Occupation. Discharged September 27, 1919.
Married Madelena Celena Vervaet. Son, Henry; daughter, Elise. Mishawaka.