From Indiana Book of Merit:
Private first class, 41975, 16th Infantry, 1st Division
Silver Star. General Orders No. 1, Headquarters 1st Division, Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky., January 1, 1920: The Division Commander cites the following officers and soldiers for gallantry in action and especially meritorious services: Milo R. Chaney, Private, Company B, 16th Infantry. By command of Major General Summerall: Stephen O. Fuqua, Colonel, General Staff, Chief of Staff. Official: R. E. Fraile, Lieutenant Colonel, A. G. D., Division Adjutant.
Record. Born July 30, 1894, Dover Hill; son of Oliver and Emma (Stackhouse) Chaney. Farmer, Frankfort. Enlisted May 11, 1917, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Assigned to Company B, 16th Infantry. Private first class. Overseas June 14, 1917. Battles: Cantigny, Aisne-Marne. Died July 23, 1918, of wounds received in action, Soissons. Buried at Downs, Ill. End.
His name is inscribed on the Buzancy monument as PVT M R CHANNEY.
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Chaney Milo Ross
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Milo Ross Chaney
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16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-22
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Indiana
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Hopewell Cemetery, Downs, Illinois
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