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.