Sutphin, Raymond Andrew (Deceased)
Private, 42567, Company D, 16th Infantry, 1st Division
Silver Star. General Orders No. 1, Headquarters 1st Division. Camp Zachary Taylor, KY, January 1, 1920: The Division Commander cites the following officers and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services: ......Raymond A., Sutphin, private, Company D, 16th Infantry, 1st Division ........By command of Major General Summerall: Stephen O. Fugua, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: R.E. Fraile, Lieutenant Colonel, A.G.D., Division Adjutant.
Record. Born September 28, 1895, Greenville, TN; son of John W. and Laura Luemma (Richards) Sutphin. Came to Indiana 1902. Laborer, Jonesboro. Enlisted May 7, 1917, Fort Thomas, KY. Training: Fort Thomas, KY; Syracuse, NY. Assigned to Compny G, 30teh Infantry; transferred to Company D, 16th Infantry. Overseas November 22, 1917. Wounded July 22, 1918, Soissons; died August 1, 1918. Buried in Park Cemetery, Fairmount.