Background
Calvin John Ward was born on October 30, in 1899 in Greene County, Tennessee and lived in Morristown, Tennessee.
Calvin John Ward was born on October 30, in 1899 in Greene County, Tennessee and lived in Morristown, Tennessee.
Ward entered active duty with the United States Army"s 117th Regiment from the Tennessee National Guard during World War I. On October 8, 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Ward"s company was stopped near Estrées, France by a German machine gun position. Ward and Sergeant James Ernest Karnes, deciding they had "had all they could take" of this situation, fixed bayonets, charged and captured the position. This freed their company to advance against German lines in the last major offensive of the war.
Calvin Ward died on December 15, 1967 and is buried in Glenwood Cemetery Sullivan, Tennessee.