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Soldier Summary

Carson, Daniel Creswell.

Alternate Names

Last name

First name

Last name

Carson

First name

Creswell

Military History

Rank

Second Lieutenant

Unit

United States. Army. Engineer Regiment, 310th. Company B.

Events

Event

Date

Place

Details

Event

Residence

Date

1927

Place

Richmond, KY

Details

Madison County

Event

Born

Date

07/14/1896

Place

-

Details

-

Event

Enlisted

Date

04/14/1917

Place

-

Details

-

Event

Departed from the U.S.

Date

07/21/1918

Place

-

Details

Aboard Grampian

Event

Returned from Russia

Date

07/17/1919

Place

-

Details

Aboard Northern Pacific

Event

Discharged

Date

08/11/1919

Place

-

Details

-

Event

Died

Date

04/14/1977

Place

-

Details

-

Event

Burial

Date

-

Place

Pinedale, Sublette, WY

Details

Plainview Cemetery

Sources

  • Engineers rosters, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO
  • Malcolm K. Whyte papers, 1917-1926
  • The Polar Bear, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1927).

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