Private Robert Benjamin Boykin of Mist left Ashley County on September 19, 1917, to go to Camp Pike for training. Private Boykin was killed in action while serving with Co. I, 126 Infantry, 36 Division in the American Expeditionary Forces.He was born August 8, 1895. When he registered for the draft, he was working for B J. Milam as a carpenter in Mist. He was single. Capt. Fred W. Jankowsku of the 126 Infantry, A. E. F., wrote to the Boykin family in February, 1919, that Boykin was killed by artillery fire on October 4, 1918, near Gesnes, France, during the battle for the Ardennes Forest. "He met his death as a true American soldier," the captain wrote. The American Red Cross said that a witness reported that "Pvt. Boykin was killed in action just a kilometer north of Ivory, France, in the Argonne Forest, either by high explosive shell or shrapnel. He was killed instantly. Action of Oct. 4, 1918, about 6 a.m. He was doubtless buried where he fell." He was the son of Mrs. C. A. Boykin of Mist.
Private Robert Benjamin Boykin of Mist left Ashley County on September 19, 1917, to go to Camp Pike for training. Private Boykin was killed in action while serving with Co. I, 126 Infantry, 36 Division in the American Expeditionary Forces.He was born August 8, 1895. When he registered for the draft, he was working for B J. Milam as a carpenter in Mist. He was single. Capt. Fred W. Jankowsku of the 126 Infantry, A. E. F., wrote to the Boykin family in February, 1919, that Boykin was killed by artillery fire on October 4, 1918, near Gesnes, France, during the battle for the Ardennes Forest. "He met his death as a true American soldier," the captain wrote. The American Red Cross said that a witness reported that "Pvt. Boykin was killed in action just a kilometer north of Ivory, France, in the Argonne Forest, either by high explosive shell or shrapnel. He was killed instantly. Action of Oct. 4, 1918, about 6 a.m. He was doubtless buried where he fell." He was the son of Mrs. C. A. Boykin of Mist.
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