THE DRAFT

Edward Ray Moyer ranked as a Private on Saturday, August 25, 1917 and soon after joined the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on Monday, September 10. He remained there until returning home, and upon being demobilized he caught scarlet fever. His mother was notified upon his departure from France on Tuesday, January 28, 1919, and his arrival to Hoboken, New Jersey on February 9th.

AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, A.E.F.

The American Expeditionary Forces, A.E.F, formed on Thursday, July 5, 1917, in France under the command of General John J. Pershing as a formation on the Western Front of World War I for the United States Army.

CAUSE OF DEATH

Bronchial pneumonia developed after an attack of scarlet fever and claimed Moyer at 20:07 (8:07 p.m.) hours on St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, March 17, 1919, six weeks before his twenty-sixth birthday, after returning to Camp Sherman from overseas a few weeks prior. He breathed his last at Camp Sherman due to the attack of pneumonia after serving twenty months overseas with the 10th Regiment of Engineers Rainbow Division. Contributing to the multiple primary causes noted on his death certificate, there listed first, bronchopneumonia affected the right lung, causing inflammation and infection. This type of pneumonia specifically targets the lung’s tiny air sacs known as alveoli. Second, pleurisy effusion corrupted the left lung, an inflammation of the pleura, where a fluid buildup between the lungs and chest causes excessive pain when inhaling and exhaling due to poor circulation with the heart.

BURIAL

His interment commenced in the Grandview Cemetery on Thursday, March 20, 1919, located in Bremen, after a funeral service honoring his life at Bremen Presbyterian Church began at 10:00.