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Flanagan, Hillery Benson, Sgt.
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Home Town Red Creek
Date of Passing Jul 19, 1957
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THE FLANAGAN BROTHERS HILLERY BENSON BORN 19 JULY 1892 AND GORDON DAYTON BORN 21 MAY 1894 WERE FROM THE FIRST GROUP OF 66 MEN DRAFTED FROM TUCKER COUNTY WV ON 20 SEPTMEBER 1917 KNOWN LOCALLY AT THAT TIME AS "THE 66." BOTH SERVED IN BATTERY "A" OF THE 313TH FIELD ARTILLERY HILLERY AS SERGEANT AND GORDON AS CORPORAL. ACCORDING TO "A HISTORY OF THE 313TH FIELD ARTILLEY" BY THOMAS IRVING CROWELL HILLERY WAS WOUNDED ON 9 OCTOBER 1918 NEAR THE BOIS DE SEPTSARGES WHEN THE RECOIL OF HIS FIELD PIECE CUT ONE OF HIS FINGERS OFF HE WAS EVACUATED AND THEN RETURNED TO DUTY ON 15 DECEMBER 1918. GORDON WAS WOUNDED ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1918 NEAR BOIS JURE BY AN ACCIDENTAL GUN SHOT HE WAS EVACUATED AND APPOINTED TO CORPORAL 1 OCTOBER 1918 AND RETURNED TO DUTY. GORDON PASSED AWAY IN RAINELLE, GREENBRIER COUNTY, WV ON 23 MAY 1949. HILLERY PASSED AWAY IN THE VETERANS HOSPITAL ON 19 JULY 1957.
1918-1919, American Expeditionary Force
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