Died shortly after World War 1 during clean up stage in France.
Biography of Homer Lee Quinn in the Toledo Blade, May 27, 2013
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2013/05/27/Black-troops-remembered-for-service-to-military.html
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http://toledoblade.typepad.com/pulso-latino/2013/05/the-price-of-freedom.html
In Remembrance of Simpson County in World War I.
Photograph (looks to have been taken in Europe): Private, (promoted to Cook, Nov. 13,1918) Homer Lee Quinn (1886 to 1919). Born in Pinola, Simpson County, Mississippi. At time of service lived in Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi with his wife Silvia.. Served last in the Headquarters Company of the 340th Labor Battalion of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Primary duties were the general supply, construction and transportation of the U.S. Army. He sailed onboard the U.S.S. Huron with battalion on September 8, 1918 to France and served until his death, on February 4, 1919. Died from the effects of pneumonia, the common recorded cause from the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. His remains returned from St. Nazaire, France, shipping out on October 1, 1920 and arriving in New Jersey, October 18, 1920 on board the USS Pocahontas. On board this ship were the other remains of 2,104 U. S. service men, of those, twenty were from the 340th Labor Battalion. Several of the 340th Labor Battalion deceased men were never returned home and were buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France. The bulk of the 340th returned onboard the U.S.S. Edward Luckenbach to the United States on July 3, 1919.
Biography of Homer Lee Quinn in the Toledo Blade, May 27, 2013
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2013/05/27/Black-troops-remembered-for-service-to-military.html
Also
http://toledoblade.typepad.com/pulso-latino/2013/05/the-price-of-freedom.html
In Remembrance of Simpson County in World War I.
Photograph (looks to have been taken in Europe): Private, (promoted to Cook, Nov. 13,1918) Homer Lee Quinn (1886 to 1919). Born in Pinola, Simpson County, Mississippi. At time of service lived in Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi with his wife Silvia.. Served last in the Headquarters Company of the 340th Labor Battalion of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Primary duties were the general supply, construction and transportation of the U.S. Army. He sailed onboard the U.S.S. Huron with battalion on September 8, 1918 to France and served until his death, on February 4, 1919. Died from the effects of pneumonia, the common recorded cause from the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. His remains returned from St. Nazaire, France, shipping out on October 1, 1920 and arriving in New Jersey, October 18, 1920 on board the USS Pocahontas. On board this ship were the other remains of 2,104 U. S. service men, of those, twenty were from the 340th Labor Battalion. Several of the 340th Labor Battalion deceased men were never returned home and were buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France. The bulk of the 340th returned onboard the U.S.S. Edward Luckenbach to the United States on July 3, 1919.
Died shortly after World War 1 during clean up stage in France.
Biography of Homer Lee Quinn in the Toledo Blade, May 27, 2013
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2013/05/27/Black-troops-remembered-for-service-to-military.html
Also
http://toledoblade.typepad.com/pulso-latino/2013/05/the-price-of-freedom.html
In Remembrance of Simpson County in World War I.
Photograph (looks to have been taken in Europe): Private, (promoted to Cook, Nov. 13,1918) Homer Lee Quinn (1886 to 1919). Born in Pinola, Simpson County, Mississippi. At time of service lived in Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi with his wife Silvia.. Served last in the Headquarters Company of the 340th Labor Battalion of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Primary duties were the general supply, construction and transportation of the U.S. Army. He sailed onboard the U.S.S. Huron with battalion on September 8, 1918 to France and served until his death, on February 4, 1919. Died from the effects of pneumonia, the common recorded cause from the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. His remains returned from St. Nazaire, France, shipping out on October 1, 1920 and arriving in New Jersey, October 18, 1920 on board the USS Pocahontas. On board this ship were the other remains of 2,104 U. S. service men, of those, twenty were from the 340th Labor Battalion. Several of the 340th Labor Battalion deceased men were never returned home and were buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France. The bulk of the 340th returned onboard the U.S.S. Edward Luckenbach to the United States on July 3, 1919.
Biography of Homer Lee Quinn in the Toledo Blade, May 27, 2013
http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2013/05/27/Black-troops-remembered-for-service-to-military.html
Also
http://toledoblade.typepad.com/pulso-latino/2013/05/the-price-of-freedom.html
In Remembrance of Simpson County in World War I.
Photograph (looks to have been taken in Europe): Private, (promoted to Cook, Nov. 13,1918) Homer Lee Quinn (1886 to 1919). Born in Pinola, Simpson County, Mississippi. At time of service lived in Sumner, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi with his wife Silvia.. Served last in the Headquarters Company of the 340th Labor Battalion of the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps. Primary duties were the general supply, construction and transportation of the U.S. Army. He sailed onboard the U.S.S. Huron with battalion on September 8, 1918 to France and served until his death, on February 4, 1919. Died from the effects of pneumonia, the common recorded cause from the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. His remains returned from St. Nazaire, France, shipping out on October 1, 1920 and arriving in New Jersey, October 18, 1920 on board the USS Pocahontas. On board this ship were the other remains of 2,104 U. S. service men, of those, twenty were from the 340th Labor Battalion. Several of the 340th Labor Battalion deceased men were never returned home and were buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France. The bulk of the 340th returned onboard the U.S.S. Edward Luckenbach to the United States on July 3, 1919.
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Married Sylvia Flemings (1897-1921) on January 12, 1918 in Sumner, Tallahatchie Co., Mississippi.
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