The men of Ray City, Berrien County, Georgia served in World War I. Some served with honor, a few found difficulty, still others gave their lives (see Otranto Disaster.) Below is a partial list of Ray City Veterans who returned from service in World War I, with links to details of their service records.
WWI Berrien county Inductees at Nashville, GA Courthouse, 1918.
World War I soldiers returning home.
- Adams, Champ (Army: Camp Wheeler, Camp Upton)
- Ray City People: Altman, Wilbur Harris (Army: Fort Screven)
- Anderson, George Marvin (Army: Camp Hancock)
- Armstrong, Henry
- Baldwin, Will (Army)
- Baskin, John Hagan (Navy)
- Boggs, Carlos J. (Buffalo Infantry)
- Boyette, Grover Gordon (Navy)
- Ray City People: Boyett, Jesse
- Brown, Hershel Chester (Navy)
- Brown, Ollie (Army)
- Ray City People: Browning, Lewis (Army)
- Burkhalter, Francis Marion (Army)
- Calhoun, Joseph Burton (Army)
- Ray City People: Clanton, Lewis (Army)
- Clements, Levi D.
- Ray City People: Clements, Grover C (Army)
- Clements, Hosea Peoples (Army)
- Ray City People: Clements, Richard Schley (Army)
- Collins, Thomas J. (Army, Disabled Veteran)
- Currye, Robert (Army)
- Davis, Coley M. (Army, KIA)
- DeLoach, James Marvin (Army)
- Eady, Phillip (Army)
- Frasier, William O. (Army)
- Godwin, Joseph W. (Army)
- DeVane, Gordon
- Garfield, Baker (Army: 516th Engineers)
- Genrette, David (Army)
- Giddens, Marcus (Army)
- Green, George (Army)
- Ray City People: Greene, Jesse L (Army)
- Ray City People: Hall, Edward C
- Hall, Pasco Olandro (Army)
- Ray City People: Harnage, William C (Army)
- Hardie, Grover Cleveland (Army)
- Hillard, James (Army)
- Ray City People: Hinson, Milton J (Army)
- Ray City People: Holliday, Glenn (Army)
- Howard, Thomas (Army)
- Jones, John (Army)
- Jones, Lacy (Army)
- Jones, Robert (Army)
- Tonie M. Kirkland, Army
- Ray City People: Kirkland, Clayton (Army)
- Ray City People: Kirkland, Tonie M (Army)
- Ray City People: Knight, Eugene M (Army)
- Knight, Owen Adrian (Army)
- Knight, Perry Thomas (Army)
- Knight, Ralph (Army, died in sinking of the HMS Otranto)
- Knight, Rossie O. (Army)
- Lane, Collie (Army)
- Ray City People: Langford, James R (Army)
- Lawson, Carlie (Army)
- Lee, James Isaac
- Little, Ira (Army)
- Miller, Elzie Nathaniel (Navy)
- Miller, Leon Clyde
- Mincey, John (Army)
- Ray City People: McDonald, Robert Fulton
- Ray City People: Odum, Henry A (Army)
- Parham, Foster B. (Army)
- Ray City People: Parker, John H
- Ray City People: Peters, Johntie A (Army)
- Pitman, Perry Lee
- Ray, Boisey (Army)
- Ray City People: Register, William B (Army)
- Register, Lorton W. (Army)
- Rentz, Lawson S. (Army)
- Richardson, William T. (Army)
- Richburg, William Thomas
- Rivers, Sidney Jr, (Army)
- Roberson, Alfred (Army)
- Roberson, Joe (Army)
- Robinson, Virgil (Army)
- Scott, Lelon (Army)
- Shaw, John Sheffield (Army)
- Shaw, William (Army)
- Sirmans, John (Army)
- Ray City People: Sirmans, Virgil C (Army)
- Sloan, William David (Army Medical Service)
- Smith, Lonnie W. (Army)
- Spates, William M. (Army)
- Ray City People: Strickland, Ivey L (Army)
- Ray City People: Sumner, Morris C (Army)
- Ray City People: Sutton, Harry C
- Ray City People: Taylor, Leon S (Army)
- Ray City People: Thomas, Silas I (Army)
- Ray City People: Tison, William Wiley
- Townsend, Hilton Monroe (Navy)
- Voss, Rubie (Army)
- Watts, Henry (Army)
- Webb, Lowndes Otis (Army)
- Webb, Marcus Lafayette (Army)
- Webb, Shellie Loyd (Army, died in sinking of the HMS Otranto)
- Mallie Boukin Webb, Navy
- Webb, Ura T. (Army)
- White, James Lee (Army)
- Whitford, Claudie (Army)
- Wiggins, Siar (Army)
- Wiley, Mattalies (Army)
- Wilkins, Alfred (Army)
- Williams, Pink (Army)
- Williams, Gordon (Army)
- Herman A. Williams, Army
- Ray City People: Wilson, Harry (Army)
- Ray City People: Wilson, John F
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- WWI Vocational Rehabilitation of Thomas J. Collins
- Ralph Knight ~ Otranto Disaster
- Gordon Williams (1894 – 1918)
- Lorton W. Register ~ Killed in Action, WWI
- Effie Guthrie and the Knight Brothers of Ray City, GA
- WWI Registration Certificate of James Isaac Lee
- J. H. Gaskins and the Draft Board Scandal
- Hero of Otranto Rescue Shot Dead
- The Long Trip Home
- WWI Boom for Clements Lumber Company at Ray City, GA
- WWI Vocational Rehabilitation
- Armistice Day Memorial to Soldiers
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