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 Luther
was born 10 Mar 1889 in Emmitt, AR, to the parents of Elihu F
and Virginia A (Billingsley) Dickey. His father had died before
he came to Navarro Co. His mother eventually settled in
Oklahoma.
At the time he
signed the WWI draft registration card on Jun 5, 1917 he was
living in Dawson, Navarro Co TX. He was single, tall, medium
built with blue eyes and brown hair, working as a bridge builder
for Navarro County.
He entered the
service on April 26, 1918. He trained at Camp Travis. Serving in
the Ninetieth Division as a private, he belonged to a machine
gun company.
At the age of 30
years, he was shot in the leg on the first day of the battle of
St. Mihlel, Sep 12, 1918, which resulted in his death on Feb 6,
1919 from disease.
He was buried in
the French cemetery at Hyere, France until his remains were
brought back to the states where they were laid in the McCurtain
Cemetery in Broken Bow, OK, where is mother and some siblings
had resided. |
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