Indiana World War Records: Gold Star Honor Roll, A Record of Indiana Men
and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War,
1914-1918
Steuben County
Page 600

Name: Charles E. Lyons
Rank: Sergeant

Son of Obene V. and Anna Lyons; born May 5, 1898, Orland, Steuben County, Ind. Enlisted in U.S. Regular Army May 1, 1917; sent to Columbus Barracks, Ohio. Transferred to Brownsville, Tex.; assigned to Company I, 4th Infantry. Transferred to Camp Green, N. C. Overseas in
May, 1918; assigned to Company I, 59th Infantry, 4th Division. Killed in action October 6, 1918, near Verdun, France. Buried in American Military Cemetery, Le Grand Pont, France.