Douthitt, Raymond Edwin................Private, U. S. M. C.

    Son of John Francis and Dora Shake Douthitt; born November 9, 1896, Pleasantville, Sullivan County, Indiana. Graduate of Franklin College. Enlisted in the U. S. Marine Corps June 20, 1918, Indianapolis, Indiana. Sent to Boston Institute of Technology. Died of influenza and pneumonia September 21, 1918, Gallops Island, Marine Hospital, Boston, MA. Buried in Center Ridge Cemetery, Sullivan, Indiana.

Source: Indiana World War Records. Gold Star Honor Roll. A record of Indiana men and women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War 1914-1918. Indiana Historical Commission, 1921.