CLINTON - Graveside services for Arthur M. Bell Sr., 93, of Clinton will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Crum Cemetery, Wapella. Dale DeLong will officiate. There will be private family visitation. Herrington-Calvert Funeral Home, 201 S. Center Clinton, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bell died at 6:10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, 1991 at Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington.
He was born Aug. 23, 1898 at Clinton, a son of Jay W. and Ollie Mae (Blue) Bell. He married Ethel C. Wilson on Oct. 17, 1921 at St. Louis. She died on April 3, 1973.
Survivors include a son, Arthur M. Bell Jr. of Clinton; two daughters, Charlotte Delong of Springfield, Mo., and Marilyn Mae Travers of Bloomington; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bell served in Company F of the 138th Infantry, 35th Division in the U. S. Army in France during World War I. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers 965 in Springfield and worked as a heavy equipment operator most of his life. Mr. Bell was a member of the First Christian Church, Clinton.
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Arthur Bell fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest in France under the alias of Arthur Weddle due to the fact he was not old enough to legally enlist. Below is the list of events after Arthur enlisted.
Enlisted April 15, 1917
Left for Britain May 7, 1918
Arrived in Britian May 24, 1918
Left England for France May 26, 1918
Arrived in France May 27, 1918
Battle of Saint Mihiel September 12, 1918
Battle of Argonne September 26, 1918
Wounded September 29, 1918
Arrived at the hospital, October 31, 1918
Left the hospital November 26, 1918
Arrived at St. Aignan, November 29, 1918
Left for Brest, February 17, arrived February 20, 1919
Left to Brest March 2, 1919
Arrived in USA March 2, 1919 (might be wrong)
Sent to Camp Merit, New Jersey, March 22, 1919.
Left Camp Merit March 28, 1919.
Arrived at Camp Grant Illinois, April 1, 1919.
Discharged April 10, 1919.
He was born Aug. 23, 1898 at Clinton, a son of Jay W. and Ollie Mae (Blue) Bell. He married Ethel C. Wilson on Oct. 17, 1921 at St. Louis. She died on April 3, 1973.
Survivors include a son, Arthur M. Bell Jr. of Clinton; two daughters, Charlotte Delong of Springfield, Mo., and Marilyn Mae Travers of Bloomington; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bell served in Company F of the 138th Infantry, 35th Division in the U. S. Army in France during World War I. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers 965 in Springfield and worked as a heavy equipment operator most of his life. Mr. Bell was a member of the First Christian Church, Clinton.
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Arthur Bell fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest in France under the alias of Arthur Weddle due to the fact he was not old enough to legally enlist. Below is the list of events after Arthur enlisted.
Enlisted April 15, 1917
Left for Britain May 7, 1918
Arrived in Britian May 24, 1918
Left England for France May 26, 1918
Arrived in France May 27, 1918
Battle of Saint Mihiel September 12, 1918
Battle of Argonne September 26, 1918
Wounded September 29, 1918
Arrived at the hospital, October 31, 1918
Left the hospital November 26, 1918
Arrived at St. Aignan, November 29, 1918
Left for Brest, February 17, arrived February 20, 1919
Left to Brest March 2, 1919
Arrived in USA March 2, 1919 (might be wrong)
Sent to Camp Merit, New Jersey, March 22, 1919.
Left Camp Merit March 28, 1919.
Arrived at Camp Grant Illinois, April 1, 1919.
Discharged April 10, 1919.
CLINTON - Graveside services for Arthur M. Bell Sr., 93, of Clinton will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Crum Cemetery, Wapella. Dale DeLong will officiate. There will be private family visitation. Herrington-Calvert Funeral Home, 201 S. Center Clinton, is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bell died at 6:10 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, 1991 at Mennonite Hospital, Bloomington.
He was born Aug. 23, 1898 at Clinton, a son of Jay W. and Ollie Mae (Blue) Bell. He married Ethel C. Wilson on Oct. 17, 1921 at St. Louis. She died on April 3, 1973.
Survivors include a son, Arthur M. Bell Jr. of Clinton; two daughters, Charlotte Delong of Springfield, Mo., and Marilyn Mae Travers of Bloomington; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bell served in Company F of the 138th Infantry, 35th Division in the U. S. Army in France during World War I. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers 965 in Springfield and worked as a heavy equipment operator most of his life. Mr. Bell was a member of the First Christian Church, Clinton.
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Arthur Bell fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest in France under the alias of Arthur Weddle due to the fact he was not old enough to legally enlist. Below is the list of events after Arthur enlisted.
Enlisted April 15, 1917
Left for Britain May 7, 1918
Arrived in Britian May 24, 1918
Left England for France May 26, 1918
Arrived in France May 27, 1918
Battle of Saint Mihiel September 12, 1918
Battle of Argonne September 26, 1918
Wounded September 29, 1918
Arrived at the hospital, October 31, 1918
Left the hospital November 26, 1918
Arrived at St. Aignan, November 29, 1918
Left for Brest, February 17, arrived February 20, 1919
Left to Brest March 2, 1919
Arrived in USA March 2, 1919 (might be wrong)
Sent to Camp Merit, New Jersey, March 22, 1919.
Left Camp Merit March 28, 1919.
Arrived at Camp Grant Illinois, April 1, 1919.
Discharged April 10, 1919.
He was born Aug. 23, 1898 at Clinton, a son of Jay W. and Ollie Mae (Blue) Bell. He married Ethel C. Wilson on Oct. 17, 1921 at St. Louis. She died on April 3, 1973.
Survivors include a son, Arthur M. Bell Jr. of Clinton; two daughters, Charlotte Delong of Springfield, Mo., and Marilyn Mae Travers of Bloomington; 14 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bell served in Company F of the 138th Infantry, 35th Division in the U. S. Army in France during World War I. He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers 965 in Springfield and worked as a heavy equipment operator most of his life. Mr. Bell was a member of the First Christian Church, Clinton.
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Arthur Bell fought in the Battle of the Argonne Forest in France under the alias of Arthur Weddle due to the fact he was not old enough to legally enlist. Below is the list of events after Arthur enlisted.
Enlisted April 15, 1917
Left for Britain May 7, 1918
Arrived in Britian May 24, 1918
Left England for France May 26, 1918
Arrived in France May 27, 1918
Battle of Saint Mihiel September 12, 1918
Battle of Argonne September 26, 1918
Wounded September 29, 1918
Arrived at the hospital, October 31, 1918
Left the hospital November 26, 1918
Arrived at St. Aignan, November 29, 1918
Left for Brest, February 17, arrived February 20, 1919
Left to Brest March 2, 1919
Arrived in USA March 2, 1919 (might be wrong)
Sent to Camp Merit, New Jersey, March 22, 1919.
Left Camp Merit March 28, 1919.
Arrived at Camp Grant Illinois, April 1, 1919.
Discharged April 10, 1919.
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