James Bethel Gresham

James Bethel Gresham
Born(1893-08-23)August 23, 1893
McLean County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 1917(1917-11-03) (aged 24)
Artois, France
Buried
Locust Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
Allegiance United States
Service / branch United States Army
Years of service1914–17
RankCorporal
Unit16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Battles / warsWorld War I †
Monument at the Crawford County Courthouse in Van Buren, Arkansas
First three American soldiers to die fighting in World War I, Merle Hay, Thomas Enright and James Bethel Gresham 1917 poster
James B. Grehsam in uniform
James B. Grehsam in uniform

James Bethel Gresham, (August 23, 1893 – November 3, 1917) was an American soldier, the first Hoosier serviceman and perhaps the first American serviceman to die in World War I, along with Private Merle Hay of Glidden, Iowa and Private Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

Early life

James Gresham was born on August 23, 1893, in McLean County, Kentucky. In September 1901, his family moved to Evansville, Indiana, where he attended the Centennial School and he later worked in local furniture factories.[1]

Military service, death, and legacy

Monument to James B. Gresham, Merle D. Hay and Thomas F. Enright, designed by Louis Majorelle, erected November 1918 in Bathelémont, destroyed by the Germans in October 1940

Gresham enlisted into the U.S. Army on April 23, 1914, with his service beginning at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri. By June 1914, he was serving in El Paso, Texas under General John J. Pershing. With the 16th Infantry Regiment, he shipped out from Fort Bliss for France with the first American soldiers of the American Expeditionary Force in June 1917. Just before daylight on November 3, 1917, Gresham was killed along with Privates Hay and Enright during an early morning raid by the Imperial German Army near Artois, France. Two days later, on 5 November 1917, Enright, Gresham, and Hay were buried near the battlefield where they had died. An inscription marked their graves: "Here lie the first soldiers of the illustrious Republic of the United States who fell on French soil for justice and liberty."[1] Later in 1921, the body was moved to its current resting place in Evansville, Indiana. As a memorial, as the first American casualty of World War I, a house in Evansville was built in his honor and given to his mother, Alice Dodd.[2]

See also

First soldiers killed in World War I

Last soldiers killed in World War I

References

  1. ^ a b c "Cpl. James Bethel Gresham". Vanderburgh County World War I Gold Star Soldier's Biographies. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-15.
  2. ^ "James Bethel Gresham: An Evansville Hero, 1893 - 1917". Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2015-12-15.

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