Veterans' Memorial Project

Manierre Barlow Ware

Kenilworth, IL

World War I

College: Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences

Graduation Year: 1917

Service Branch: Army

Rank: Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 12/19/1895

Date of Death: 10/12/1918

Affiliations: Scabbard and Blade; Siren Business Manager; Major in University Brigade

Lt. Ware served with Company K, 362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division. He attended the First Officers’ Training Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, assigned to the 15th Company. He then went to Camp Lewis, Washington, assigned as an instructor to the 316th Engineers, later being transferred to the 362nd Infantry, when his regiment sailed to France in July, 1918. After further training in France he was ordered to the Headquarters Company of the 362nd Infantry, later being placed in charge of the 37-millimeter guns of Company K. He was killed in action near Epinonville, France. He is buried at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne, France, Plot B Row 43 Grave 36.

-taken from Web sites above and University of Illinois records

Further information: https://www.abmc.gov https://www.tinyurl.com/2mctn7

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