Reeves, Charles Delbert

Summary

Father: Frederick Reeves
Mother: Dora Essie Ditch

Birth: 13 Nov 1893, Beadle, South Dakota
Birth Source: Vet Admin Index, Birth Index

Death: 19 Jul 1918, probably France
Death Source: Vet Admin Index

Spouse1:

Narrative

The Veteran Administration Index states he lived in Silverton, Oregon.

According to records of the American Battle Monuments Commission, he was buried in the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France.

The Billings Gazette, 7 Sep 1918
MISSING IN ACTION.
...
Corporals.
Delbert Reeve, Leland, Ore....

The Capital Journal, 23 May 1950
Gold Star Mother Dies
Silverton, May 23 - Silverton's first Gold Star mother died Wednesday. She was Mrs. Dora Reeves, 78, the mother of Delbert Reeves, first man from Silverton to be killed in World War I. The Delbert Reeves American Legion post of Silverton is named after him.

Research Notes

Although the South Dakota Birth Index lists his name as Charlie Delbert Reeves, the 1900 and 1910 censuses list him as Charles A. Reeves in the household of his parents.

Sources

Birth:          South Dakota, U.S., Birth Index, 1856-1918
                   U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (Ancestry)
Death:        U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (Ancestry)
Burial:       American Battle Monuments Commission - Delbert Reeves, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Division

1900 Census:  Wessington, Beadle County, South Dakota
1910 Census:  Wessington, Beadle County, South Dakota

The Billings Gazette, 7 Sep 1918
The Capital Journal, 23 May 1950