Curtis was the eighth of the nine children of John Lazarus Henry and his wife, Sylvia, Susan Victoria Mounce.
In his 20's he moved to Greenville, Mississippi, to work at the post office there and soon worked himself up to becoming the Assistant Post Master. Curtis and his brother Roy, signed up for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917. Curtis was drafted on 21 December 1917 in Memphis, TN. and was assigned to the 66th Co, 1st Battalion, Fifth Regiment of the United States Marine Corp. Curtis went overseas on 27 March 1918. He was killed during battle near Belleau Wood, near Soissons, France, on 11 July 1918, and was buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, at Picardie, France. There is a cenotaph erected beside his parents in Liberty Cemetery. Curtis, by all accounts, was known to be a "ladies man". After his death in WWI, his family retrieved his personal belongings, among which was a trunk that contained many letters from young women declaring their affection for him. It is apparent, from the letters that he wrote to most of them, as well. There were several rolls of undeveloped film that were in the trunk. Almost fifty years after his death, they were developed. Many of the shots were of him with pretty young women surrounding him. He never did marry, though it is thought that he may have been engaged to a young lady from Greenville, MS, named Hazel.
In his 20's he moved to Greenville, Mississippi, to work at the post office there and soon worked himself up to becoming the Assistant Post Master. Curtis and his brother Roy, signed up for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917. Curtis was drafted on 21 December 1917 in Memphis, TN. and was assigned to the 66th Co, 1st Battalion, Fifth Regiment of the United States Marine Corp. Curtis went overseas on 27 March 1918. He was killed during battle near Belleau Wood, near Soissons, France, on 11 July 1918, and was buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, at Picardie, France. There is a cenotaph erected beside his parents in Liberty Cemetery. Curtis, by all accounts, was known to be a "ladies man". After his death in WWI, his family retrieved his personal belongings, among which was a trunk that contained many letters from young women declaring their affection for him. It is apparent, from the letters that he wrote to most of them, as well. There were several rolls of undeveloped film that were in the trunk. Almost fifty years after his death, they were developed. Many of the shots were of him with pretty young women surrounding him. He never did marry, though it is thought that he may have been engaged to a young lady from Greenville, MS, named Hazel.
Curtis was the eighth of the nine children of John Lazarus Henry and his wife, Sylvia, Susan Victoria Mounce.
In his 20's he moved to Greenville, Mississippi, to work at the post office there and soon worked himself up to becoming the Assistant Post Master. Curtis and his brother Roy, signed up for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917. Curtis was drafted on 21 December 1917 in Memphis, TN. and was assigned to the 66th Co, 1st Battalion, Fifth Regiment of the United States Marine Corp. Curtis went overseas on 27 March 1918. He was killed during battle near Belleau Wood, near Soissons, France, on 11 July 1918, and was buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, at Picardie, France. There is a cenotaph erected beside his parents in Liberty Cemetery. Curtis, by all accounts, was known to be a "ladies man". After his death in WWI, his family retrieved his personal belongings, among which was a trunk that contained many letters from young women declaring their affection for him. It is apparent, from the letters that he wrote to most of them, as well. There were several rolls of undeveloped film that were in the trunk. Almost fifty years after his death, they were developed. Many of the shots were of him with pretty young women surrounding him. He never did marry, though it is thought that he may have been engaged to a young lady from Greenville, MS, named Hazel.
In his 20's he moved to Greenville, Mississippi, to work at the post office there and soon worked himself up to becoming the Assistant Post Master. Curtis and his brother Roy, signed up for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917. Curtis was drafted on 21 December 1917 in Memphis, TN. and was assigned to the 66th Co, 1st Battalion, Fifth Regiment of the United States Marine Corp. Curtis went overseas on 27 March 1918. He was killed during battle near Belleau Wood, near Soissons, France, on 11 July 1918, and was buried in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, at Picardie, France. There is a cenotaph erected beside his parents in Liberty Cemetery. Curtis, by all accounts, was known to be a "ladies man". After his death in WWI, his family retrieved his personal belongings, among which was a trunk that contained many letters from young women declaring their affection for him. It is apparent, from the letters that he wrote to most of them, as well. There were several rolls of undeveloped film that were in the trunk. Almost fifty years after his death, they were developed. Many of the shots were of him with pretty young women surrounding him. He never did marry, though it is thought that he may have been engaged to a young lady from Greenville, MS, named Hazel.
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There is a cenotaph beside his parents in the Liberty Cemetery, Union County, Mississippi. He is buried in France.
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