159 Depot Brigade

Pvt. Robert L. Barone Died in Service, 1918

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Robert Lee Barone was born 9 July 1893, in West Salem, Ohio. His parents are Ervin C. & Cora B. (Bell) Barone. Robert was listed as a clerk in the 1917 Marion City Directory. His father was living in Marion at the time of Robert’s death.

Robert enlisted into service on 27 May 1918, while in Marion, Ohio. He was assigned to 43 Company, 11 Battalion, 159 Depot Brigade, for his training. After completing his training he was assigned to K Company, 153rd Infantry Regiment. The 153rd was part of the 40th Infantry Division “Sunshine Division.” He was serving as a private, when his father was notified that he had died of sunstroke. Pvt. Robert L. Barone died on 22 June 1918.

Pvt. Robert L. Barone is buried in Hazard Cemetery, West Salem, Ohio. This is the same cemetery where his parents are buried.

Pvt. Roy R. Price Died of Lobar Pneumonia, 1918

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Roy Russell Price was born on 1 May 1896, in Pleasant Township, Ohio. His parents are L. Wilbur &
Rosa M. (Miley) Rider Price.

Roy R. Price entered service on 28 August 1918, in Marion, Ohio. He was serving as a Private (Pvt.). Pvt. Price had been in training with 52 Company, 13 Battalion, 159 Depot Brigade. On 2 October 1918, he was assigned to Camp Knox, Kentucky. He served in Battery A, 72nd Field Artillery.

On 13 October 1918, Pvt. Roy R. Price died of lobar pneumonia, at Camp Taylor, Kentucky. Pvt. Price was returned to Prospect, Ohio, for burial in the Prospect Cemetery.

Roy R. Price is remembered on the Honor Roll, at the Veterans Memorial Park, in Marion, Ohio; and on the World War One Honor Roll, located on the second floor of the Marion County Courthouse.