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  World War I - Dough Boys

from Weatherford, TX

This photo was donated by Judy Womack. It was found by Judy in some family photos however it is only identified as World War I - Dough Boys from Weatherford, TX.

The following 3 men are most likely in this picture somewhere.

Joe Washington Herring
Born--Jan. 3, 1889--Parker County, Texas
Died--Jan.13, 1970--
Buried--Hill Cem. Parker County, Texas
PFC MG Co. 359 Infantry WW1

James Erskine Herring
Born--Sept. 1, 1893--Parker County, Texas
Died--April 20, 1970--
Buried--Hill Cem. Parker County, Texas
Pvt. Co. E 106 Engineers WW1

Henry Carl Herring
Born--Dec.30, 1890--Parker County, Texas
Died--April 18, 1980--
Buried-- Hill Cem. Parker County, Texas

If you can identify any of the soldiers in this photo, please let Lela Evans know at the email listed below.

If you would like to see an even larger version of this picture to see faces more clearly, be warned that this will take a little while to download as it is a large image. You can then click on back to return to this page.

Several people have written me asking about the term "Dough Boys". Here are some websites that discuss the history of Dough Boys.


http://www.stow.oh.us/Doughboy.html

http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/origindb.htm

 

 

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