First Americans Killed in WW I-- Part 7: James Bethel Gresham

Born August 23, 1893  Died November 3, 1917.

First Hoosier killed in the war.

Born in McLean County, Kentucky.

Enlisted in the Army April 23, 1914 and in June of 1914 was serving with General "Blackjack" Pershing.

Killed in France 3 November 1917.

In 1921, he was reburied in Evansville, Indiana, at Locust Hill Cemetery.

There is a memorial to all three men at the Crawford County Court House in Van Buren, Arkansas.

--Cooter