WWI

Alfred Lafayette Akridge

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
July 18 1891

Date of Death
June 2 1937

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
March 23 1917 - August 9 1919

Conflicts & Campaigns

Overseas Service, May 10, 1918 - March 6, 1919. Wounded; Chateau-Thierry, France, August 9, 1918.

Significant Duty Stations

Company I, 4th Infantry, March 23, 1917 - June 9, 1917. Company I, 58th Infantry, June 9, 1917 - November 22, 1917. 10 Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Division, November 22, 1917 - March 1, 1918 Company C, 10th Machine Gun Battalion March 1, 1918 - August 22, 1918. Company D, 11 Machine Gun Battalion August 22, 1918 - August 23, 1919. Private First Class August 1, 1917. Cook August 15, 1917. Private First Class October 1, 1917. Cook June 7, 1918. Private July 31, 1918.

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart (Wounded; Chateau Thierry, France August 9, 1918)
World War I Victory Medal with defensive sector clasp.

Notes

Enlisted; Fort Thomas, Kentucky. US Army service number 56-768-0. Born; Camilla, Georgia. Home of record; Cairo, Georgia. Twenty-five percent disabled at time of discharge. Father of Sergeant First Class Alfred Lafayette Akridge, Jr. US Army. Burial: Bold Springs Cemetery, Grady County, Georgia.