Pvt Herbert D Newby, S A T C.
Born at Columbus, Indiana on 12 May 1900, Herbert was a farmer before entering Perdue University. There, he enlisted into the Student Army Training Corps on 10 October 1918 and was assigned to Company I, Section A. He contracted scarlet fever in December 1918 and was taken to St Elizabeth Hospital, Lafayette, where he died on 11 December 1918. Herbert is buried in Garland Brook Cemetery, Columbus.
11 December 1918
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
