Identification bracelet worn by Henry Jetton Tudury
Henry Jetton Tudury (1885-1952), of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, enlisted in the United States Army on April 24, 1917, just 18 days after the American declaration of war against Imperial Germany. After training, Private Tudury sailed to Europe on May 7, 1918, for combat duty with the 12th Machinegun Battalion, 59th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division. He served as a runner, carrying messages to and from the trenches. He participated in battles at Aisne-Marne, St. Nihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Vesle, and Toulon and on three occasions was exposed to deadly mustard gas. Tudury is noted as one of Mississippi’s most decorated veterans of World War I, having received the Distinguished Service Cross and French Croix de Guerre.
This identification bracelet was worn by Tudury while serving in Company C, 12th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, during World War I.
Source:Gift in memory of Henry J. Tudury by the Benigno, Johnson, Sharp, and Nash families
Time Period:1901-1920
Related Conflict:World War I
Display Status:This artifact is on view in the World War I Gallery.
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