World War I Veterans from Dillon County, South Carolina

DAVID, John Hodges, Jr.
Rank:	First Lieutenant	The Citadel, Class of 1914, Cadet Saint Mihiel Cemetery, France Cenotaph, Dillon, South Carolina
Service Branch:	U.S. Army
Serial Number:	Not available
Division:	1st Division
Regiment:	18th Infantry Regiment
Company:	Co. M
Battalion:	Not available
Status:	Killed in Action
Date of death:	March 1, 1918
Place of death:	Ansauville, France
Spot:	Bois de Remieres, Seicheprey
Age at death:
Awards:	Silver Star
Burial 1:	Mandres, France, Grave 205
Burial 2:	Saint Mihiel American Cemetery Thiaucourt, France
Grave number:	Plot B Row 18 Grave 31
Cenotaph:	Riverside Cemetery
Born:	December 25, 1892
Hometown:	Dillon, South Carolina
Family:	Parents: Dr. John Hodges David (1856 - 1926) Arletta "Lettie" Ione Manning David (1859 - 1934) Spouse: Children: Siblings: Annie David Bransford (1882 - 1968) Edna David Gatehouse (1886 - 1957) Nina Rebecca David (c. 1889 - ) Helen B. David (c. 1896 - ) Alice Hamer David ( c. 1899 - )
Additional information:	Attended Furman University for one year prior to entering, and graduating from The Citadel (Class of 1914). He was commissioned as a first lieutenant following his graduation from the first officers’ training school at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia in August 1917. Served in France with the A.E.F. and was cited for heroism at the Battle of Picardy. First Lieut. David and twenty-seven of his men fought bravely to their death against a much larger number of the enemy in "No Man's Land" there. 1st Lt. David single-handedly killed seven of the enemy with a pistol before being fatally wounded. He was the first US Military Officer from South Carolina, and the first Citadel alumni, to be killed in the war.