Morris P. Sappington......................Private

    Son of Charles S. and Julia Smith Sappington; born January 2, 1896, Madison, Indiana. Hotel employee. Entered service May 6, 1918, Madison, Indiana. Sent to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; assigned to Company F, 22nd Engineers. Overseas in September 1918; assigned to Company D, 357th Infantry. Died from effects of blood poisoning following foot amputation, March 29, 1919, Hospital, Brest, France. Buried at Brest, France. Survived by widow, Gladys Sappington, and one son, Donald Allen Sappington, Madison, Indiana.