Horace Gresham Toole

Sergeant, 564745, Battery B, 16th Field Artillery, 4th Division

Croix de Guerre with bronze star (France). Order No. 17.709 "D", May 21, 1919, General Headquarters, French Armies of the East: He displayed great endurance and untiring energy in placing some guns in position under perilous circumstances.

Record. Born January 24, 1893, Heilman; son of John Wesley and Harriet Salome (Chase) Toole. Teacher, Boonville. Entered service June 29, 1917, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Training: Camp Robinson, Wisconsin; Camp Greene, North Carolina; Plattsburg Barracks, New York; Camp de Souge, Bordeaux, France. Assigned to Battery B, 16th Field Artillery. Corporal, September 1, 1917; sergeant, March 1, 1918. Overseas May 10, 1918 - may 7, 1919. Battles: Vesle at Chery-Chartreuve, St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne. Discharged May 13, 1919.

Married (1) Opal Steinhilber; (2) Anna Josephine Brooke. Son, Robert Chase.          Huntington, West Virginia.