WW1 Personal Items

Sgt. Walter C. Monigold - Quartermaster Corps

This is a nice small grouping of personal items identified to Corporal Frank R. Gehres. Included are his overseas cap, a military issue sewing kit with some sewing supplies, a polished steel shaving mirror, a ditty bag and original WW1 documents (Special Order 246, 83rd Infantry Division). The Special Orders specify that for each unit of the 83rd a number of soldiers and officers were to report to Chatillon-sur-Seine for a course of instruction in the Infantry, Signal and Engineer School.

Sergeant Walter C. Monigold

Walter Charles Monigold was born on May 2, 1891, in East Liverpool, Ohio, to Alice R. Gray and John H. Monigold.

On November 22, 1912 at the age of 21 he joined the Army (#214932) and serve with the Quartermaster Corps being assigned to the 83rd Infantry Division.

He remained with the Quartermaster Corps for the duration of his military career and because of the 83rd Division's designation as a depot unit, did not see any action during WW1. Walter Monigold did serve overseas for over 24 months leaving the US on June 14, 1917. While overseas Walter Monigold received his final promotion on July 9, 1919 reaching the rank of Sergeant. He returned to the US arriving in New York on October 17, 1919. Two monts later, on December 20, he received his honorable discharge and returned to civilian life.

Walter Monigold returned to East Liverpoll, Ohio en moved to Mercer, West Virginia where he married Mary Virginia Hughes in 1921. He died in the Memorial Hospital on August 8, 1956 after an illness of several years. At that time he was a retired painter an minister. He was survived by his wife Mary Monigold, they had been married 35 years.

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