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1896 - 1970 (74 years)
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Name |
Rolla Sylvanus Waddell |
Born |
10 May 1896 |
Heber, Wasatch, Utah |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
1 Dec 1970 |
Sacramento, Sacramento, California |
Person ID |
I5188 |
Grow |
Last Modified |
21 Aug 2016 |
Family |
Mary Elizabeth Hall, b. 30 Dec 1902, Dry Fork, Uintah, Utah , d. 10 Jul 1963, Sacramento, Sacramento, California (Age 60 years) |
Married |
1 Jul 1936 |
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah |
Children |
| 1. Marilyn Rolline Waddell, b. 23 Sep 1938, Kennelworth, Carbon, Utah , d. 7 May 1974, Sacramento, California (Age 35 years) |
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Last Modified |
5 Feb 2012 |
Family ID |
F1527 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Rolla Sylvanus Waddell
Contributed By garymcdonald1 · 29 September 2013 · 0 Comments
Rolla Sylvanus Waddell was called to the colors 3 Oct 1917 at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash. Company F 361st Inf. 91 div. AEF. Assigned as bugler to Co. F 361st Inf. Was sent to France from Camp Lewis, Wash, 21 June 1918 with his company arrived at Camp Merritt, NJ. Shipped for overseas 5 Jul 1918, arrived in France 1 Aug 1918 with the AEF. Returned from overseas 16 Apr 1919. Arrived home 5 May 1919. He was in the big drive and went over the top 26 Sep in the Argonne Forest. Again in Flanders. Went into Belgium and helped to capture the town of Avery. And was among the first to enter the City of Audenarde, Belgium and their company was resting on their arms ready to go over the top again at 6 o'clock when the word was received that the armistice was signed.
Reinlisted 9 Mar 1927 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Was sent to Fort Lewis, Washington. Signal Service operator, radio & wireless telegraphy 26 Apr 1927.
-from a journal started by my great grandmother Winnifred Catherine SMITH and continued by my grandmother Maude Agnes WADDELL. - GMc
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