WWI

Lawson Fair Bryant

Rate / Rank
Private

Birthdate
June 19 1893

Date of Death
October 4 1918

Branch
US Army

Active Duty Service
December 18 1917 - October 4 1918

Conflicts & Campaigns

American Expeditionary Forces (France) May 1918 - October 1918
Engagements; Forest of Argonne, Meuse-Argonne.

Significant Duty Stations

30 Casual Detachment, 157th Depot Brigade, Camp Gordon, Georgia December 19, 1917 to January 21, 1918. Company C, 325th Infantry Regiment, 82 Infantry Division January 21, 1918 to April 22, 1918. 39th Company, 152nd Depot Brigade April 22, 1918 to May 17, 1918. Company C, 325 Infantry Regiment, 82nd Infantry Division May 17, 1918 to October 4, 1918

Decorations & Citations

Purple Heart Died in Battle Meuse-Argonne, October 4, 1918.

Notes

Inducted; Cairo, Georgia. US Army service number 18-979-17. Born; Cairo, Georgia. Home of record; RFD #2, Cairo, Grady County, Georgia. (Cairo Messenger) Mr. Joseph L. Bryant received a message from Harris (Adjutant General) that his son, Lawson Fair Bryant was dead overseas. Mr. Bryant had been notified that Lawson had been wounded in battle. It is probable that he died of those wounds. Burial; Cairo Cemetery, Cairo, Georgia.