Son of Lorenz & Christina (Karlin) Enzminger.
He attended country school in Platte County and then worked on the farm. He was inducted into the Army on May 28, 1918 in Columbus, NE. He served overseas in France from August 19, 1918 until January 5, 1919 in the Field Artillery. He was Honorably Discharged on January 12, 1919. On June 2, 1999 he was presented the Legion of Honor medal by the French Government. This was in recognition of service and appreciation to all living veterans of World War I who served overseas.

On January 15, 1921 Arthur married Martha Schweizer. They resided in Columbus, NE where he was employed as an automobile mechanic; much of that time at the Gottberg Ford Garage. In 1942 the family moved to Council Bluffs, IA where Arthur was employed with the Government at the Quartermaster Motor Base in Ft. Crook, NE as a master mechanic. During a portion of this time he test-rode motorcycles as part of their conditioning before being shipped overseas for service in World War II. In 1952 the Government transferred Arthur to Pueblo, CO, where he retired at the age of 68. He moved back to Columbus in 1980 and in 1985 he moved to Wisner manor in Wisner, NE. He was a member of the Methodist Church, a Charter Member of the Columbus American Legion, and a member of Ovie Vernon Post #2 in Pueblo, Co. Memorials are requested to the Wisner Manor in Wisner, NE

Arthur is survived by:
Daughter - Ardith Hamilton - Wisner, NE
Daughter - Frances (Russell) Schweers - Wisner, NE
Son - Kenneth (Betty) Enzminger - Oak Harbor, WA
Son - Richard (Verna) Enzminger - Denver, CO
10 Grandchildren
19 Great-Grandchildren
1 Great-Great-Grandson

Arthur was preceded in death by:
wife - Martha Enzminger in 1971
infant daughter
infant granddaughter
7 Brothers
5 Sisters
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France Honors 105 Year Old Wisner Resident

June 3, 1999, Fremont Tribune, Fremont NE

A 105-year-old Wisner man is among at least four Nebraskans to receive the National Order of the Legion of Honor award, a gold cross that is France's highest honor, for their military duty on French soil during the war.

Art Enzminger was honored Wednesday by the French government for his U.S. military service in that country during World War I.

He served in France from June 1918 until his discharge January 1919.

Jean-Paul Bossuge, the vice council to the French Consulate in Chicago, presented the award to Enzminger during a brief ceremony at Wisner Manor, a nursing home where the veteran lives.

He also has presented awards to three other Nebraska veterans who fought in France during the war.

"I am proud to have been a part of this effort to preserve liberty and equality in France and the allied countries . . . I am deeply touched by the honor you
have chosen to bestow upon me," Enzminger said in a statement read at the ceremony.

Even though over 100,000 soldiers were killed in France during the war, those like Enzminger who did return continue to keep the memory of all soldiers alive,
Bossuge said.

"Arthur Enzminger, you are an American hero. You are a hero of France," he said. "You are a hero of the world."

Last year, French President Jacques Chirac told President Clinton that he wanted to give the cross to as many surviving War World I veterans of the U.S. military
as possible to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the war's end.

World War I began in 1914. The United States entered the war in 1917, sending about 1 million troops to join the European Allied forces. The war, recorded as one of the bloodiest in history, ended Nov. 11, 1918. An estimated 3,200 World War I veterans are still living in the United States.

On Tuesday, Bossuge also honored two other Nebraska World War I veterans, including Alvin Johnsen, 103, of Beatrice.

"I never expected it," Johnsen said during the ceremony.

"The French people are nice to give this to me."

In 1918, Johnsen was on a France-bound ship convoy that was struck with influenza.

More than 300 servicemen died, including 92 on Johnsen's ship. They all were buried at sea.

World War I veteran Arthur King, sitting in a wheelchair and sporting a blue and red veteran's cap during his Tuesday ceremony, got something he wasn't expecting: two symbolic kisses from Bossuge.