LANDRES, the second son of WILLIAM DANIEL and MARTHA GREGORY COLLINS, was born 17 December 1894 and enlisted in the National Army on 4 September 1917 at Wentworth, Rockingham Co. NC, SN 1876240. He was sent to Camp Jackson SC and joined the 81st (Wildcat) Division, which had been organized in August. He was assigned as a Wagoner in the 306th Sanitary (Medical) Train as an ambulance driver and my only picture of him confirms this. Training continued until May 1918 when the division was sent to Camp Sevier SC, and began to move to ports of embarkation (Boston, Brooklyn, Hoboken, New York and Philadelphia) on 13 July 1918.
The troops sailed to England and then to Le Havre and Cherbourg France, and to the 16th Tonnerre Training Area. On 14 September the division began to move to the vicinity of Bruyeres in the Vosges sector, 20 kilometers southwest of St. Die and were assigned to the French Seventh Army 33rd Corps for front -line training. This sector was about 25 kilometers in length in the Vosges Mountains and controlled the southern exit of the Saales Pass. The 81st, affiliated with the French 20th Division, relieved the 92nd Division on 18 September in the St. Die Sector, and the 81st assumed command of the St. Die Sector on 2 October and was relieved by the Polish 1st Division on 19 October. Upon being relieved, the division moved to the vicinity of Rambervillers, 25 kilometers west of St. Die, for additional training in preparation for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American Expeditionary Force 1st Army. The division moved near Verdun on 31 October and received orders to relieve the 35th Division east of the Meuse River, taking over a line from Fresnes-en-Woevre to Bois d'Hardaumont on 7 November, and orders to attack were received on 8 November. The division attacked the following morning, advancing beyond the town of Manheulles on the right and into Bois de Moranville on the left. Further advance the following day to the line Grimaucourt-en-Woevre to le Grand Cognon wood to Abaucourt. Further attack on Ville-en-Woevre resumed on 11 November, but the Armistice at 11:00 am halted the advance northeast of Manheulles.
Following the Armistice, the division concentrated southwest of Chaumont on 1 December. On 9 May the division moved to the Ballon area, American Embarkation Center, LeMans, and to ports of Brest and St. Nazaire on 21 May. Sailing home to Newport News VA began on 27 May, with honorable discharge for LANDRES on 29 June 1919 at Camp Lee VA. Medals awarded later were the WW1 Victory Medal (with one bronze star, and Defensive Sector and Meuse-Argonne battle clasps), and a Bronze Victory lapel button. The medal from the state of North Carolina was also received later.
LANDRES returned home to Leaksville to be with his younger brother and sisters. He later worked as a linesman for King Light and Power Co., and was accidentally electrocuted in 1925. LANDRES was not married and was buried next to his mother in Woodlawn Cemetery, now located in Eden NC.
The troops sailed to England and then to Le Havre and Cherbourg France, and to the 16th Tonnerre Training Area. On 14 September the division began to move to the vicinity of Bruyeres in the Vosges sector, 20 kilometers southwest of St. Die and were assigned to the French Seventh Army 33rd Corps for front -line training. This sector was about 25 kilometers in length in the Vosges Mountains and controlled the southern exit of the Saales Pass. The 81st, affiliated with the French 20th Division, relieved the 92nd Division on 18 September in the St. Die Sector, and the 81st assumed command of the St. Die Sector on 2 October and was relieved by the Polish 1st Division on 19 October. Upon being relieved, the division moved to the vicinity of Rambervillers, 25 kilometers west of St. Die, for additional training in preparation for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American Expeditionary Force 1st Army. The division moved near Verdun on 31 October and received orders to relieve the 35th Division east of the Meuse River, taking over a line from Fresnes-en-Woevre to Bois d'Hardaumont on 7 November, and orders to attack were received on 8 November. The division attacked the following morning, advancing beyond the town of Manheulles on the right and into Bois de Moranville on the left. Further advance the following day to the line Grimaucourt-en-Woevre to le Grand Cognon wood to Abaucourt. Further attack on Ville-en-Woevre resumed on 11 November, but the Armistice at 11:00 am halted the advance northeast of Manheulles.
Following the Armistice, the division concentrated southwest of Chaumont on 1 December. On 9 May the division moved to the Ballon area, American Embarkation Center, LeMans, and to ports of Brest and St. Nazaire on 21 May. Sailing home to Newport News VA began on 27 May, with honorable discharge for LANDRES on 29 June 1919 at Camp Lee VA. Medals awarded later were the WW1 Victory Medal (with one bronze star, and Defensive Sector and Meuse-Argonne battle clasps), and a Bronze Victory lapel button. The medal from the state of North Carolina was also received later.
LANDRES returned home to Leaksville to be with his younger brother and sisters. He later worked as a linesman for King Light and Power Co., and was accidentally electrocuted in 1925. LANDRES was not married and was buried next to his mother in Woodlawn Cemetery, now located in Eden NC.
LANDRES, the second son of WILLIAM DANIEL and MARTHA GREGORY COLLINS, was born 17 December 1894 and enlisted in the National Army on 4 September 1917 at Wentworth, Rockingham Co. NC, SN 1876240. He was sent to Camp Jackson SC and joined the 81st (Wildcat) Division, which had been organized in August. He was assigned as a Wagoner in the 306th Sanitary (Medical) Train as an ambulance driver and my only picture of him confirms this. Training continued until May 1918 when the division was sent to Camp Sevier SC, and began to move to ports of embarkation (Boston, Brooklyn, Hoboken, New York and Philadelphia) on 13 July 1918.
The troops sailed to England and then to Le Havre and Cherbourg France, and to the 16th Tonnerre Training Area. On 14 September the division began to move to the vicinity of Bruyeres in the Vosges sector, 20 kilometers southwest of St. Die and were assigned to the French Seventh Army 33rd Corps for front -line training. This sector was about 25 kilometers in length in the Vosges Mountains and controlled the southern exit of the Saales Pass. The 81st, affiliated with the French 20th Division, relieved the 92nd Division on 18 September in the St. Die Sector, and the 81st assumed command of the St. Die Sector on 2 October and was relieved by the Polish 1st Division on 19 October. Upon being relieved, the division moved to the vicinity of Rambervillers, 25 kilometers west of St. Die, for additional training in preparation for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American Expeditionary Force 1st Army. The division moved near Verdun on 31 October and received orders to relieve the 35th Division east of the Meuse River, taking over a line from Fresnes-en-Woevre to Bois d'Hardaumont on 7 November, and orders to attack were received on 8 November. The division attacked the following morning, advancing beyond the town of Manheulles on the right and into Bois de Moranville on the left. Further advance the following day to the line Grimaucourt-en-Woevre to le Grand Cognon wood to Abaucourt. Further attack on Ville-en-Woevre resumed on 11 November, but the Armistice at 11:00 am halted the advance northeast of Manheulles.
Following the Armistice, the division concentrated southwest of Chaumont on 1 December. On 9 May the division moved to the Ballon area, American Embarkation Center, LeMans, and to ports of Brest and St. Nazaire on 21 May. Sailing home to Newport News VA began on 27 May, with honorable discharge for LANDRES on 29 June 1919 at Camp Lee VA. Medals awarded later were the WW1 Victory Medal (with one bronze star, and Defensive Sector and Meuse-Argonne battle clasps), and a Bronze Victory lapel button. The medal from the state of North Carolina was also received later.
LANDRES returned home to Leaksville to be with his younger brother and sisters. He later worked as a linesman for King Light and Power Co., and was accidentally electrocuted in 1925. LANDRES was not married and was buried next to his mother in Woodlawn Cemetery, now located in Eden NC.
The troops sailed to England and then to Le Havre and Cherbourg France, and to the 16th Tonnerre Training Area. On 14 September the division began to move to the vicinity of Bruyeres in the Vosges sector, 20 kilometers southwest of St. Die and were assigned to the French Seventh Army 33rd Corps for front -line training. This sector was about 25 kilometers in length in the Vosges Mountains and controlled the southern exit of the Saales Pass. The 81st, affiliated with the French 20th Division, relieved the 92nd Division on 18 September in the St. Die Sector, and the 81st assumed command of the St. Die Sector on 2 October and was relieved by the Polish 1st Division on 19 October. Upon being relieved, the division moved to the vicinity of Rambervillers, 25 kilometers west of St. Die, for additional training in preparation for the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of the American Expeditionary Force 1st Army. The division moved near Verdun on 31 October and received orders to relieve the 35th Division east of the Meuse River, taking over a line from Fresnes-en-Woevre to Bois d'Hardaumont on 7 November, and orders to attack were received on 8 November. The division attacked the following morning, advancing beyond the town of Manheulles on the right and into Bois de Moranville on the left. Further advance the following day to the line Grimaucourt-en-Woevre to le Grand Cognon wood to Abaucourt. Further attack on Ville-en-Woevre resumed on 11 November, but the Armistice at 11:00 am halted the advance northeast of Manheulles.
Following the Armistice, the division concentrated southwest of Chaumont on 1 December. On 9 May the division moved to the Ballon area, American Embarkation Center, LeMans, and to ports of Brest and St. Nazaire on 21 May. Sailing home to Newport News VA began on 27 May, with honorable discharge for LANDRES on 29 June 1919 at Camp Lee VA. Medals awarded later were the WW1 Victory Medal (with one bronze star, and Defensive Sector and Meuse-Argonne battle clasps), and a Bronze Victory lapel button. The medal from the state of North Carolina was also received later.
LANDRES returned home to Leaksville to be with his younger brother and sisters. He later worked as a linesman for King Light and Power Co., and was accidentally electrocuted in 1925. LANDRES was not married and was buried next to his mother in Woodlawn Cemetery, now located in Eden NC.
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