D
istinguished Service Cross Recipient
Timeline
Birth- 17 Jan 1895
Kansas
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 22 - 18 years
Conflict Period
Other Service
Army Branch
Infantry
Service Start Date
1 Mar 1916
Branch
Army
Conflict
Mexican Punitive Expedition
Service End Date
1 Feb 1917
Served For
United States of America
Enlistment- 21 May 1913-Age: 18 years
Kansas
1914 - 1918World War I- Ages: 24 - 22 years
Rank
First Sergeant
Service End Date
11 Nov 1918
Service Number
42098
Army Branch
Infantry
Branch
Army
Conflict Period
World War I
Service Start Date
6 Apr 1917
Awards
Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart w/ 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, French Croix de Guerre
Served For
United States of America
Division
1st Division
Casualty- 8 Oct 1918-Age: 24 years
Wounded In Action
17 July 1918
France
Wounded In Action
18 Sept 1918
France
Wounded In Action
Fleville, France
Race or Ethnicity
Caucasian
Gender
Male
Battle Honors (WWI): Meuse-Argonne
Battle Honors (WWI): Defensive Sector
Battle Honors (WWI): Montidier-Noyon
9 June 2013
Battle Honors (WWI): St. Mihiel
12 Sept 2016
Battle Honors (WWI): Aisne-Marne
Death- 8 Dec 1978-Age: 84 years
Belfair, Washington
Burial- 1 Dec 1978-Age: 84 years
Port Orchard Washington
Cemetery
Knights of Pythias Cemetery
Other Facts
Marriage
Zola T. Cramer
Full Name
John Earl Personett
Mother
Nancy Jane Craig
Father
John Gardner Personett
