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Maurice Lester Custard - Ridgefield, Clark Co., WA

Army Rank: Private (1918)

Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. F

6^th Bn. 20^th Engineers Co F; 12/12/1917 – 10/17/1918

20^th Engineers 18^th Co; 10/18/1918 – 6/11/1919

Army Serial Number: 250,773

Inducted: Dec. 12, 1917 Vancouver Barracks, Washington (age 30)

Promoted: PFC (Aug. 1, 1918)

Army Discharge: June 11, 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919

Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

U.S. Army - next of kin was Roland Custard – Ridgefield, WA

Member of the Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)

Address: Lincoln Precinct, Clark County, WA (1900)

Whipple Creek Road, Whipple Creek, Clark County, WA (1910)(1920)

Address: R.F.D. (Rural Free Delivery) No. 2, Ridgefield, WA (1938)

Wife’s Name:

Fathers Name: James Munroe Custard 

(b. Sept. 1856 Minnesota)

(d. April 1, 1954 Ridgefield, Clark Co., WA)

Mothers Name: Clara S. Stratton

(b. July 1859 Wisconsin)

(d. 1931 Ridgefield, Clark Co., WA)

Married: June 20, 1884 Washburn Co., Wisconsin

Burial in the Sarah Union Cemetery, Ridgefield, WA

Brothers: Rolland, Phillip, Kenneth

Sisters: Helen & Margaret

Civilian Occupation:

Born: Dec. 3, 1887 Hayward, Wisconsin

Died: March 24, 1965 Washington (age 77)

Cemetery: Willamette National Cemetery (Oregon)

Plot: Section H   Site 1263