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History of the 1st Division 1917 - 1919                   <click here>

WWI Service Card                                                <click here>

American Battle Monuments Commission                  <click here>

WWI Texas Panhandle Casualties                          <click here>

Newman J. Galloway - Memphis, Hall Co., Texas

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: Camp Travis Detachment #1

      Company D, 161^st Infantry (Oct. 9, 1917 – June 18, 1918)

Company K, 161^st Infantry (June 19, 1918 – June 20, 1918)

Company C, 18^th Infantry (June 21, 1918 – KIA)

Army Serial Number: 251,432

Inducted: Oct. 9, 1917 Memphis, Texas

Promoted: N/A

Army Discharge: Eternal Watch

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – KIA

Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

Address: Justice Precinct 8, Falls Co., Texas (1910)

Address: Rural Route #1, Memphis, Texas (1917)

Features: Tall, Slender, Blue Eyes, Light hair

Wife’s Name: N/A

Fathers Name: H. Jeff Galloway

(b.  March 17, 1862 Henry Co., Alabama)

(d. Nov. 14, 1923 Tulare Co., California) age 61

Exeter Cemetery, Tulare Co., California

Mothers Name: Mollie Emma Kirkland

(b. July 30, 1863 Abbeville, Henry Co., Alabama)

(d. Oct. 17, 1946 Tulare Co., California) age 83

Exeter Cemetery, Tulare Co., California

Married: 1882

Brothers: John Edward, Earl

Sisters: Camelia, Anna

Civilian Occupation:

Born: March 1, 1896 Eddy, Falls Co., Texas

  Note: Eddy, Texas borders between McLennan Co. & Falls Co.

Died: July 21, 1918 Chateau Buzancy, France

   Note: 4th day of the Battle of Soissons - KIA

Cemetery: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery

Tablets of the Missing - Belleau, France