ARTHUR MICHAEL MOHAN

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Arthur was buried October 24, 1918, in the American Cemetery, Souilly, Meuse (France).[1] His grave was marked with a cross, his identity tags were buried with him and his identity was also on the grave marker. His emergency contract was his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Mohan, 17 James Street, Woburn, Mass.

Several years passed. With her husband one of the war dead, Gertrude continued on. She remarried on 11 June 1919 in Boston to Andy F. Huether.[2] They were living in St. Louis, Missouri, at the time of the 1920 census.[3]

Many families of those who died in France, as well as average American citizens, weren't content to let soldiers and sailors be buried so far from home. The American government arranged the exhumation, transport, and reburial of over 7,000 such solders and military personnel. On 19 June 1921, the ship U.S.A.T. Wheaton embarked from Antwerp, Belgium. The passenger list was title "Remains of Overseas Dead." They arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey on 2 July 1921.[4]

Arthur M. Mohan, Private 1st Class, Serial No. 61281, Co. G. 101st Infantry, son, brother, husband, father, friend, returned home.

Among the commemorations of the soldiers killed in World War I, the book “The Gold Star Record of Massachusetts” was published in 1929.[5] Arthur's entry reads:

Mohan, Arthur Michael; died 23 Oct., 1918, of wounds received in action (Belieu [Belleau] Bois). Enl. 11 Aug., 1917, Co. G, 5th Inf., Mass. N. G. [National Guard] (Co. G, 101st Inf., 26th Div.). Had served in British Army early in World War. Overseas 7 Sept., 1917.  

Born 25 Sept., 1896, at Stoneham, son of Thomas Henry and Mary (Greene) Mohan (both born in Ireland); brother of Thomas James and John Joseph Mohan. Married Gertrude Frances Black. Currier.

Awarded Divisional citation for meritorious conduct as a runner during raid into enemy's lines at Bois de Warville 2 Oct., 1918.

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[1] War department, "Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917-1922," Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985, RG 92, National Archives, College Park, Maryland; card for Arthur M. Mohan; National Archives Catalog (catalog.archives.gov/id/109086358 : accessed 9 June 2020), Results 66 of 104, images 102 and 103 of 1752.

[2] Massachusetts State Archives, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 11 June 2020), entry for Andy F. Huether and Gertrude F. (Black) Mohan, 17 June 1919, vol. 10, p. 308, registered #2639.

[3] 1920 U. S. census, St. Louis (city), Missouri, population schedule, ED 295, sheet 11B, dwelling 154, family 286, Gertrude Huether; image, Ancestry.com  (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 April 2015); citing NARA publication T625, Roll 955.

[4] United States Army, "US Army WW1 Transport Service, Passenger Lists," 1920 Dec 15 - 1921 Aug 7  database with images, Arthur M. Mohan, sheet 92; fold3 (fold3.com : 12 September 2020); citing NARA Record Group 92.

[5] Eben Putnam, ed., "The Gold Star Record of Massachusetts," (Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1929), vol 2, p. 380, Arthur Michael Mohan; Internet Archive (https://archive.org : accessed 11 Oct 2020), image  380 of 720.