Name Cary Williams

Birth Date 17 Oct 1893

Death Date 24 Dec 1989

Branch 1 ARMY

Age 23

Race White

Birth Location Friendship, Ohio - USA

Enlistment Date 1916 - 22 Jun

Enlistment County Portsmouth

Enlistment State Ohio

Enlistment Division National Guard

Comments Co K 7 Infantry ONG to 27 Oct 1917;

Co E 145 Infantry to Discharge Sergeant 15 Nov 1918.

Honorable discharge 25 Aug 1918 to accept Commission 2 Lieutenant Infantry 26 Aug 1918 from United States Army Cp Gordon Ga

30 May 1918 to 26 Aug 1918. Infantry to Di

The 7th Infantry Division

The 7th Infantry Division was activated on 6 December 1917, exactly eight months after the American entry into World War I, as the 7th Division of the Regular Army at Camp Wheeler, Georgia One month later, it prepared to deploy to Europe as a part of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). Most of the division sailed to Europe aboard the SS Leviathan.

World War I organization

While on the "Western Front (World War I) the 7th Division did not see action at full divisional strength, though its infantry and reconnaissance elements did engage German forces. On 11 October 1918, it first came under shell fire and later, at Saint-Mihiel, came under chemical attack. Elements of the 7th probed up toward Prény near the Moselle River, capturing positions and driving German forces out of the region. It was at this time that the division first received its shoulder sleeve insignia.

The 145th Armored Regiment,

Ohio Army National Guard, is a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regimental System, with headquarters at Stow, Ohio. It currently consists of the 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment, a 900-soldier combined arms battalion of the Ohio Army National Guard located throughout northeast Ohio.

For World War I, the regiment was drafted into federal service on 5 August 1917. On 25 September 1917 it was reorganized and designated the 145th Infantry Regiment of the "37th Division In June, 1918 the regiment deployed to Europe, where it fought in the Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine, and Ypres-Lys campaigns. During its service in World War I, eighteen of the regiment's officers and soldiers received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism fighting in France and Belgium. The regiment was demobilized over late April 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio.

Following the war, elements of the 5th Infantry and the former 8th Infantry Regiment (organized in 1876 with Headquarters in Massilon, Ohio) were organized as the 3rd Infantry with Headquarters federally recognized on 1 July 1920 at Cleveland, Ohio. Exactly one year later, on 1 July 1921, the regiment was once again designated the 145th Infantry Regiment and reassigned to the 37th Division. On 5 September 1928, the 145th Infantry's distinctive unit insignia was authorized. It was heavily influenced by the regiment's World War I service, displaying a wavy bend to symbolize the Scheldt (Escaut) River and a falcon from the arms of Montfaucon, France.

U.S., Official National Guard Register, 1925

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Given Name Cary M

Surname Williams

State / District Ohio

Rank Capt

Page # 696

Regiment 134 FA

Company Hq Det & C Tn 1 Bn - Portsmouth

Birthplace Ohio

Birth Date 17 Oct 1893

Cary Williams (1893)