The Arkansas State Archives houses these original cards, there will be a charge for the lookup and copy. These records are available for research on microfilm at MFILM Military 00000109. Some county discharge records can also be found in the Montgomery County Courthouse in Mount Ida. Arkansas Discharge Records Each card contains the veteran's age, place of birth, place of residence, and information about military service. If a soldier died during the war, the card contains information on his date of death and place of burial. Index searchable.
The
eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month
1918 the
guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years continuous
warfare.
The US lost a total of 116,516 troops including 63,114 killed away from the
front. Another 204,002 soldiers were wounded.
Place name can be either place of birth or residence. Spelling as found.
ALAMO
Hays, James G.
Hays, William D.
Hitchcock, Walter
Mullings, James L.
BLACK SPRINGS
Bates, Martin S.
Beezley, Jesse M.
Covington, Henry W.
Donaldson, Charlie H.
Gillmore, Albert N.
Gillmore, Frank
Gray, Alexander
Hamilton, Arthur G.
Hamilton, John B.
Herring, John H.
Huey, Dexter L.
Johnson, Joseph H.
Lance, Madison S.
Miller, Carl
Peppers, Elmer
Prowse, William B.
Reece, Fllyd
Reinhardt, John E.
Smith, Elijah
Spradling, John R.
Swindle, John W.
12/1918 Ward, Grady H. [date is date of discharge]
CADDO GAP
Anderson, George F.
Beezley, Jesse M.
Brakefield, Lewis O.
Briggs, Berry
Brown, Claude M.
Cantrell, Ernest O.
Corson, Will Austion
Carson, Will A.
Coffman, Clark B.
Cogburn, Reuben
Crowley, Ellis
Davis, Jesse J.
Davis, Thomas J.
Dillard, Henry F.D.
Dillard, Martin Luther
Dillard, Roger Leonard
Duke, William A.
Ethridge, Roy D.
Flemons, Will
Garrett, Edgar C.
Gladden, Ernest H.
Glaze, Jacob M.
Hardy, Bryan
Herring, George E.
Hill, Dalley
Hill, Henry
Hill, J.T.
Hill, Tim J.
Hopper, Carrol E.
Hopper, Clarence
Horn, George
Horn, James A.
Horn, Sherman 07/1918
Horn, William E.
Huey, David C.
Jones, Frank
Kersey, Carl C.
Moon, David
Page, Jack
Parsons, Tom
Raines, Christopher L.
Raines, Thomas G.
Randol, William R.
Ray, Luther O.
Robinson, L.B.
Sheffield, Dexter
Shocky, Herbert N.
Short, Richard E.
Smith, Floyd E.
Stafford, Leonard H.
Thornton, Bace
Thornton, John W.
Thornton, Joseph R.
Thornton, Thomas I.
Thornton, William E.
Tolleson, Tom
07/1919 Vaught, Chester A.
02/1919 Vaught, Jasper H.
02/1919 Watts, Numan
12/1918 Welch, Leonard
06/1919 West, Henry
05/1919 Williams, James D.
12/1918 Williams, David L.
08/1919 Wilson, Austin M.
DILCE
Beam, Orva J.
Hill, Selby
Fancy Hill
Cogburn, Harrison
Kindrix, William E
Ledbetter, Francis
FIR
Adams, Sylvester
Blackburn, George F.
Blackburn, Walter E.
Campbell, William B.
Emory, Chiefton H.
Holley, Luther
Lenox, Sidney
Outler, Daniel R.
Pike, Robert M.
Poole, George F.
Robbins, Charles O.
Robbins, Thomas R.
Shults, Sam W.
Shultz, William M.
Simpson, Tony T.
Smith, James
Taylor, Frederick
GASTON
Abernathy, James W.
Black, Jackson
Black, Jame B.
Black, Typhus
Buck, John J.
Gaston, Granville
Gaston, Guilford
Scott, Charlie
GIBBS
Carter, Mike R.
Elder, Charlie C.
Hendry, Walter H.
McKinney, George C.
McKinney, Lexler H.
Plyler, Blake
Summit, James J.
Summit, John L.
HOPPER
Coffman, Ira
Coffman, Joseph A.
Davis, John G.
Hopper, Clarence
Hopper, Ira Clarke
Hopper, William H.
Tolleson, Tom
Tolleson, William W.
LUCKEY
Collum, Marion C.
Echols, William L.
Grant, James T.
Jones, Tom
Payte, Edmond
MAZARN
Dickson, John A.
McGrow, Larkin S.
Miles, Calvin
Miles, Woodruff
Sangster, Grover
Short, Seba L.
Smith, John P.
Tackett, Daniel J.
Tackett, George C.
Wright, Charles E.
MOUNT IDA / MT. Ida
Alexander, Frank
Anderson, Whittington
Baker, Hulet McDaniel
Bates, Levei
Brown, James T.
Brown, Samuel J.
Brown, William L.
Cagle, Dennis
Cantrell, Ernest O.
Carpenter, Walter
Carter, Evert E.
Coffman, Charlie
Cogburn, Harrison
Donaldson, Charlie H.
Edwards, Smith L.
Freeman, Lloyd V.
Glover, Jesse
Golden, Olice
Grissom, Jupiter HH
Hall, Henry E.
Hovell, Harold S.
Hovell, Lercy E.
Hulsey, Andrew
Hulsey, John C.
Jackson, David L.
Jackson, Robert E.
Johnson, Joseph H.
Lawrence, Homer N.
Mauldin, Jesse W.
McCarty, Thomas O.
McCullah, Rutherford B.
McElroy, Harvy F.
McGough, Bunyan
McKinney, George C.
McKinney, Robert A.
Owensby, James W.
Powell, Drew
Robins, Claude
Rodgers, William H.
Salyers, Thomas
Scott, Ansell
Scott, Charlie
Scott, Jewell
Sheffield, Bose
Sheffield, Charles P.
Sheffield, Ross
Smith, Hal P.
Smith, Willie
Stafford, Everette E.
Standridge, Berk A.
Watkins, Harold
Watkins, Grover
05/1919 Whittington, Hiram
07/1919 Whittington, June
08/1918 Whittington, Lonnie S.
Woods, Neal J.
Wright, Hubert L.
Oden
03/1919 Alexander, George A.
05/1919 Amerson, Walter A.
12/1918 Ballentine, Orbin O.
12/1918 Bates, James D.
03/1919 Brewer, John B.
05/1919 Evans, Coley M.
12/1918 Evans, Dave V.
07/1919 Fair, Frank
02/1919 Fryar, Harvey D.
05/1919 Fryar, Louis A.
06/1919 Goodner, Albert Shelby
05/1919 Goodner, Olen F.
08/1919 Gossvener, Ephriam A.
02/1919 Greenwood, Claud E.
06/1920 Harvey, John B.
10/1919 Hendrix, Ivon W.
03/2020 Kelly, Elbert
07/1919 Kelly, James H.
12/1918 Leonard, Clair B.
12/1918 Rodgers, William H.
02/1919 Scott, William W.
01/1919 Singleton, Isaac A.
06/1918 Singleton, Louis H.
11/1918 Spurling, Andrew W.
12/1918 Taylor, Rufus D.
01/1919 Willhite, John C.
05/1919 Willhite, Willis
07/1919 Whitehouse, Henry L.
SILVER
Bates, Orville T.
Bauer, Thos
Brown, Son
Campbell, William L.
Casey, John Edgar
Coleman, Bailey
Cravens, Mack
Davis, Hosey
Exum, George Edgar
Freeman, Garland
Gillham, William J.
Goodner, Elisha D.
Goodner, Jeff
Grimes, Brinton
Grimes, Curtis
Grimes, John W.
Hall, Henry E.
Hall, Leon D.
Howard, Wilbert
Jackson, Willie
Jones, Clarence V.
Martin, John L.
Meeks, Lee
Pate, Brence
Pope, Alex
Pope, Wes
Sheffield, Bose
Smith, Willie
Standridge, Lester
Standridge, Walter
Stanley, Brack
10/1918 Webb, Lee
SIMS
Abernathy, James W.
Carter, Mike R.
Cox, Spencer J.
Glover, Jesse
Stovall, Jeff D.
Stovall, Rob
Summit, John F.
Townsend, Vander
STORY
Brown, Weaver
Curtis, Henry V.
Emery, Marion S.
Palmer, George B.
Kilby, Alex N.
Kilby, Frank
McCarty, William M.
Miller, Carl
Millwood, Birl
Qualls, Jim L.
Qualls, Thomas O.
WASHITA
Costolow, Marcus H.
Cross, Charlie
Danley, Bert L.
Danley, Leonard R.
Finch, George
Fountain, Mal
Fulton, Jim
Mayberry, George J.
Massongill, Henry O.
Reynolds, Alex
Vanderslice, Ben
Vanderslice, Claude E.
Watkins, Grover
WATERS
Barsh, James G.
Bates, James D.
Davis, Gorden Huston
Hicks, Willis
Goodner, Olen F.
Lawrence, William P.
Liles, Thomas J.
Maddox, John W.
Murphy, Grover C.
Reed, Jesse J.
Reed, John W.
Ryan, Dale M.
Smith, Marvin W.
WOMBLE
Barker, William
Bates, Levei
Bates, Martin S.
Bates, Orville T.
Bates, William E.
Beck, Jesse J.
Breedlove, Judson Roy
Brous, Frank
Brown, Willie E.
Busby, Ira
Burton, George
Clark, Robert J.
Crockett, Henry
Crump, Lake
Davis, W. M.
Duncan, Otis D.
Foley, William
Foster, Noah Edward
Golden, Olice
Goss, Wallace B.
Green, John M.
Hamilton, John B.
Hays, James G.
Hays, William D.
Hogan, Roy
Kelly, James H. 07/1919
Lambert, Jerry L.
Lancaster, Marion A.
Martin, John T.
McIntyre, James
Montgomery, Charles F.
Musick, William
Pate, James A.
Payne, Horace
Peppers, Elmer
Pettitt, Willie M.
Reid, Robert W.
Shocky, Herbert N.
Slaughter, William O.
Smith, Albert B.
Smith, Hill H.
Smith, Jesse L.
Stief, Robert
Thornton, John W.
Thornton, Joseph R.
Waggoner, Gulford L.
Wagoner, Jesse G.
Walden, John M.
Ward, Oliver
Williams, David L.
Induction / discharge records
The Arkansas Historical Commission have World War One draft registration records and discharge records for Arkansas on microfilm. WWI ended 9 November 1918. Need to know county person was living in at time of enlistment or induction. Includes place and age or date of birth, residence, assignments, appointments, wounds, and date of demobilization. They do reply to written requests. One question about one specific person may be answered-if, the material is indexed. There will be a charge for the lookup and copy. Their list of servicemen is different from the above and includes additional names. Below is from the AHC.
Willis Willhite and Etna Fryar were married in 16 January 1918 in her parent's house in Hog Jaw in a double wedding ceremony with his sister. John C. Willhite and his brother Willis Willhite were residing in Montgomery Co. AR in 1918 at time of their induction and returned to Oden after discharge but their discharge cards are at the AHC in Little Rock but not at Mount Ida. Why? Willis was inducted at Mt Ida on April 12 1918 and served in the 162 Dep Brig to 24 April 1918 and transferred to 157 Dep Brig to May 11 1918; Co. F. 113 Inf. to discharge with no injuries, wounds or disabilities. Discharged May 29 1919 as a Private First Class of Nov 1 1918.
Other documents a returned serviceman might have:
Induction Certificate
Enlistment Record
Postcards from France
Army Discharge Record
Army Discharge Certificate
The Presidential Memorial Certificate
Order of Induction into Military Service
of the United StatesThe President of the United States,
To Henry Lloyd (Christian Name) Whitehouse (Surname)
Order Number 869 Serial Number 865
Greeting: Having submitted yourself to a local board com-
posed of your neighbors for the purpose of determining the place
and time in which you can best serve the United States in the
present emergency, you are hereby notified that you have now been
selected for immediate military service.
You will, therefore, report to the local board named below at Red Cross Building, Womble, at 5.P m., on the 26th day of May,1918,
for military duty.
From and after the day and hour just named you will be a soldier in the military service of the United States.W.A. Brakefield
Member of Local Board for Montgomery County Report to Local Board for Montgomery County.
Mt. Ida
ARK
Date May 17-1918
Form 1028. P.M.G.O. (See Sec. 157, S.S.R.) 3--5115.
