Homer H. Manning - Sadler, TX
N 33° 40.850 W 096° 49.034
14S E 702343 N 3728906
Located in Sadler's Christian Chapel Cemetery, the headstone of PFC Homer H. Manning clearly indicates that he was "killed" in 1918.
Waymark Code: WMT4M4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2016
Views: 3
The headstone is of gray granite, with this inscription:
1st. Class Private
Homer H. Manning
Co.A. 110. Inf.
1896 Killed 1918
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"History of the 110th Infantry (10th Pa.) of the 28th Division, U. S. A., 1917-1919" elaborates on "killed" (see link):
MANNING, Homer H. (2300191) Pvt. Co. A: Assgd. Sept. 15, '18; Killed (SF) Nov. 5, '18; Statement given by Cpl. Joseph Crompton, Co. A. 110th Inf. "Killed by a one-pounder in the Thiaucourt Sector (Bois de Handronvilles) Nov. 5, 1918. His squad were in the front line, and they sent three men forward on patrol, he was chosen, but when he reached the place where the patrol was to start from he was told that he was not needed and for him to report to his Corporal again. He had been sick a few days before and was exhausted from being on duty nearly every night and he stopped in a small shed to go to sleep instead of reporting to his Corporal. He was found dead in the same shed a few hours later, being hit with a piece of shrapnel from a one-pounder, in the head."
Type of Death Listed: Killed by something
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed
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