Clifford B. Fetty was born on 25 October 1898, in Prospect, Ohio. His parents are W. B. & Ollie (Snyder) Fetty of near Prospect, Ohio. Clifford B. Fetty enlisted into the Ohio National Guard, on 23 May 1917, in Marion, Ohio. He was a member of D Company, 4th Ohio Infantry, Ohio National Guard (ONG). When the ONG was inducted into federal service, the Fourth Ohio was redesignated as 166th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry Division “Rainbow.”

Private Clifford B. Fetty was a veteran of the battles at Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne. Sadly, after surviving combat from the beginning of the war until the end. Pvt. Fetty appears to have departed France on 26 January 1919, aboard the USS Rijndam. He then arrived at on 9 February 1919, at Newport News, Virginia. Pvt. Fetty became ill and died of bronchial pneumonia only two days after his return to the United States.

Private Clifford B. Fetty died on 11 February 1919, at Camp Stewart, Newport News, Virginia. Clifford B. Fetty is buried in the Marion Cemetery. Local soldiers served as pall bearers; Clay Parr, Reuben Severns, Hubert Taylor; Lloyd Garver and Harris Schaub, members of D Company; Perry Miller. Miller has recently returned from Camp Taylor, Kentucky, where he was attending the officers’ training. Hiram Schneemilch will serve as bugler. The firing squad was composed of Spanish American War Veterans, J. D. Shultz, Edward Mayes, E. O. Call, William Smith and James Sharrock.

Of the words spoken at the funeral in part were:

“But it is not our purpose today to speak of the glorious victory which our nation has won, Our text speaks of another victory, a victory vastly greater and more glorious, a victory which can fill our souls with joy even in the hour of death, a victory whose fruits we shall enjoy to the end of time, and throughout all eternity, the great victory to which Christ won over death itself. Death is swallowed up in victory. This victory is ours through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
By Reverend J. W. Schillinger

Marion Daily Star

Clifford B. Fetty 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.