Charles Henry Cunningham

GEDCOM Note

I was told that Charles never recovered fully from his wounds as a of WWI. He suffered from a severe gassing of mustard gas poisoning. Charles served in the 158 Depot Brigade to 17 Aug 1918. Co B 802 Pioneer Regiment, Infantry in Meuse-Argonne, France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces 1 Sept 1918 to 9 July 1919 He was Discharged as a Private with an Honorable discharge 16 July 1919. </line><line /><line>See newspaper article. The brigade was constituted as Headquarters, 158th Infantry Brigade on 5 August 1917 in the National Army and assigned to the 79th Infantry Division. The unit organized at Camp Meade, Maryland on 25 August 1917. The brigade deployed to Europe and fought in World War I where it received battle streamers for participation in Meuse-Argonnne and Lorraine 1918 campaigns. After the war the brigade demobilized at Camp Dix, New Jersey, reconstituted in the Organized Reserves and assigned to the 79th Division.</line><line /><line>Charles tried his hand at bootlegging and had several run ins with the law. He was sentenced to 1-5 yrs in county jail as a result.</line><line />