EMMETT LUNSFORD War Hero, Dies
(born July 19, 1898 Trenton Mo. died Aug 10, 1958 Claremore OK.)
Emmett E. Lunsford, 60 year old local service station operator and World War I hero, died at 8 O'Clock Sunday morning in the veterans hospital at Muskogee following an illness that attacked him last April.
Mr. Lunsford entered World War I from Claremore, serving with the 31st Infantry division on Siberia, where he was twice decorated for valor and was twice wounded. He held the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war he returned to Claremore. In recent years he has operated a Conoco filling station on Highway 66 but sold it in April when he became ill. He had spent most of the time at the Muskogee hospital since then.
Funeral services for Mr. Lunsford will be at 2 O'clock Thursday afternoon in the First Baptist church here. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery under direction of Musgrove funeral home. Mr.Lunsford is survived by his wife, Mattie Lola Lunsford; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Andrews of Stinnett Texas., Mrs. Loila Louise Ward of Foyeil and Miss Doris Ann Lunsford of the home; and by six brothers and five sisters.
TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1931
WITH A FIGHTING CHEROKEE IN FROZEN SIBERIA
Decorated by Four Nations, Full-Blood reluctantly admits
He"Mixed in the Mess"
Wounded Three Times in 10 Hours He Continued to Fire machine Gun
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This is the fifth of a series of articles describing the exploits of that gallant group of men living in northeastern Oklahoma who are entitled to wear the coveted distinguished service cross.
It should be remembered that this decoration is given exclusively for personal heroism above and beyond the call of duty while under fire. Most of the facts obtained in these articles are from the war departments records.
LUNSFORD, EMMET E.
Private First Class, U.S. Army.
Company A, 31st Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia).
Date of Action: June 25, 1918.
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmet E. Lunsford,
Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romanovka, Siberia, June 25, 1919. Though wounded early in action Private Lunsford continued to operate his automatic rifle throughout the fight.
General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919
Home Town: Claremore, OK
Emmett Lunsford Story
(born July 19, 1898 Trenton Mo. died Aug 10, 1958 Claremore OK.)
Emmett E. Lunsford, 60 year old local service station operator and World War I hero, died at 8 O'Clock Sunday morning in the veterans hospital at Muskogee following an illness that attacked him last April.
Mr. Lunsford entered World War I from Claremore, serving with the 31st Infantry division on Siberia, where he was twice decorated for valor and was twice wounded. He held the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war he returned to Claremore. In recent years he has operated a Conoco filling station on Highway 66 but sold it in April when he became ill. He had spent most of the time at the Muskogee hospital since then.
Funeral services for Mr. Lunsford will be at 2 O'clock Thursday afternoon in the First Baptist church here. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery under direction of Musgrove funeral home. Mr.Lunsford is survived by his wife, Mattie Lola Lunsford; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Andrews of Stinnett Texas., Mrs. Loila Louise Ward of Foyeil and Miss Doris Ann Lunsford of the home; and by six brothers and five sisters.
TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1931
WITH A FIGHTING CHEROKEE IN FROZEN SIBERIA
Decorated by Four Nations, Full-Blood reluctantly admits
He"Mixed in the Mess"
Wounded Three Times in 10 Hours He Continued to Fire machine Gun
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This is the fifth of a series of articles describing the exploits of that gallant group of men living in northeastern Oklahoma who are entitled to wear the coveted distinguished service cross.
It should be remembered that this decoration is given exclusively for personal heroism above and beyond the call of duty while under fire. Most of the facts obtained in these articles are from the war departments records.
LUNSFORD, EMMET E.
Private First Class, U.S. Army.
Company A, 31st Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia).
Date of Action: June 25, 1918.
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmet E. Lunsford,
Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romanovka, Siberia, June 25, 1919. Though wounded early in action Private Lunsford continued to operate his automatic rifle throughout the fight.
General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919
Home Town: Claremore, OK
Emmett Lunsford Story
EMMETT LUNSFORD War Hero, Dies
(born July 19, 1898 Trenton Mo. died Aug 10, 1958 Claremore OK.)
Emmett E. Lunsford, 60 year old local service station operator and World War I hero, died at 8 O'Clock Sunday morning in the veterans hospital at Muskogee following an illness that attacked him last April.
Mr. Lunsford entered World War I from Claremore, serving with the 31st Infantry division on Siberia, where he was twice decorated for valor and was twice wounded. He held the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war he returned to Claremore. In recent years he has operated a Conoco filling station on Highway 66 but sold it in April when he became ill. He had spent most of the time at the Muskogee hospital since then.
Funeral services for Mr. Lunsford will be at 2 O'clock Thursday afternoon in the First Baptist church here. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery under direction of Musgrove funeral home. Mr.Lunsford is survived by his wife, Mattie Lola Lunsford; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Andrews of Stinnett Texas., Mrs. Loila Louise Ward of Foyeil and Miss Doris Ann Lunsford of the home; and by six brothers and five sisters.
TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1931
WITH A FIGHTING CHEROKEE IN FROZEN SIBERIA
Decorated by Four Nations, Full-Blood reluctantly admits
He"Mixed in the Mess"
Wounded Three Times in 10 Hours He Continued to Fire machine Gun
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This is the fifth of a series of articles describing the exploits of that gallant group of men living in northeastern Oklahoma who are entitled to wear the coveted distinguished service cross.
It should be remembered that this decoration is given exclusively for personal heroism above and beyond the call of duty while under fire. Most of the facts obtained in these articles are from the war departments records.
LUNSFORD, EMMET E.
Private First Class, U.S. Army.
Company A, 31st Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia).
Date of Action: June 25, 1918.
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmet E. Lunsford,
Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romanovka, Siberia, June 25, 1919. Though wounded early in action Private Lunsford continued to operate his automatic rifle throughout the fight.
General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919
Home Town: Claremore, OK
Emmett Lunsford Story
(born July 19, 1898 Trenton Mo. died Aug 10, 1958 Claremore OK.)
Emmett E. Lunsford, 60 year old local service station operator and World War I hero, died at 8 O'Clock Sunday morning in the veterans hospital at Muskogee following an illness that attacked him last April.
Mr. Lunsford entered World War I from Claremore, serving with the 31st Infantry division on Siberia, where he was twice decorated for valor and was twice wounded. He held the Distinguished Service Cross. Following the war he returned to Claremore. In recent years he has operated a Conoco filling station on Highway 66 but sold it in April when he became ill. He had spent most of the time at the Muskogee hospital since then.
Funeral services for Mr. Lunsford will be at 2 O'clock Thursday afternoon in the First Baptist church here. Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery under direction of Musgrove funeral home. Mr.Lunsford is survived by his wife, Mattie Lola Lunsford; three daughters, Mrs. Lillian Andrews of Stinnett Texas., Mrs. Loila Louise Ward of Foyeil and Miss Doris Ann Lunsford of the home; and by six brothers and five sisters.
TULSA DAILY WORLD, SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1931
WITH A FIGHTING CHEROKEE IN FROZEN SIBERIA
Decorated by Four Nations, Full-Blood reluctantly admits
He"Mixed in the Mess"
Wounded Three Times in 10 Hours He Continued to Fire machine Gun
EDITOR'S NOTE:
This is the fifth of a series of articles describing the exploits of that gallant group of men living in northeastern Oklahoma who are entitled to wear the coveted distinguished service cross.
It should be remembered that this decoration is given exclusively for personal heroism above and beyond the call of duty while under fire. Most of the facts obtained in these articles are from the war departments records.
LUNSFORD, EMMET E.
Private First Class, U.S. Army.
Company A, 31st Infantry, 33d Division, A.E.F. (Siberia).
Date of Action: June 25, 1918.
Citation:
The Distinguished Service Cross is presented to Emmet E. Lunsford,
Private First Class, U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in action near Romanovka, Siberia, June 25, 1919. Though wounded early in action Private Lunsford continued to operate his automatic rifle throughout the fight.
General Orders No. 133, W.D., 1919
Home Town: Claremore, OK
Emmett Lunsford Story
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