John William Maddox
1896 - 1959 (63 years)-
Name John William Maddox Born 5 Jun 1896 Gove County, Kansas 
[1, 2] Gender Male _MILT World War I. US Army. Sergeant First Class. Distinguished Service Cross. [3] Died 13 Aug 1959 Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California [2, 3] Buried Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California [2, 3] Person ID I1644 Hedges Last Modified 14 Apr 2023
Father Robert E. Maddox, b. Abt 1849, Ohio , d. 8 Oct 1937, Oakland, Alameda County, California (Age 88 years) Mother Nancy Virginia "Nannie" Hitchcock, b. Abt 1863, Greenup County, Kentucky , d. 16 Feb 1898, Gove, Gove County, Kansas (Age 35 years) Married 12 Mar 1884 Vermilion County, Illinois [4, 5] Family ID F969 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gladys Gertrude Bond, b. 27 Mar 1900, Graham, Nodaway County, Missouri , d. 14 May 1998 (Age 98 years) Married 26 Feb 1920 El Centro County, California Last Modified 5 Feb 2021 Family ID F732 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 5 Jun 1896 - Gove County, Kansas 
Married - 26 Feb 1920 - El Centro County, California 
Died - 13 Aug 1959 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 
Buried - - Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Note from Find a Grave:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Sergeant First Class John Maddox (ASN: 2273686), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with Company F, 316th Engineers, 91st Division, A.E.F., at Audenarde, Belgium, 1 November 1918. Sergeant Maddox volunteered to accompany an officer and three other soldiers on a reconnaissance patrol of the city of Audenarde. Entering under heavy shell fire, the party reconnoitered the city for seven hours, while it was still being patrolled by the enemy, and advanced two kilometers in front of our outposts and beyond those of the enemy. - John W. Maddox.
Funeral services for John W. Maddox, 63, of Ojai, will be conducted tomorrow at 3 p.m. in the chapel of the Sawtelle Veterans Administration facility, West Los Angeles. MR. Maddox, a life member of the Army & Navy Legion of Valor and a veteran of both World wars, died Friday in the Sawtelle Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. He won the Distinguished Service Cross in action with the 91st Division near Audenarde, Belgium, on Nov.1, 1918. He leaves his widow Gladys and two daughters, Mrs. John G. Kincade of Berkeley and Mrs. James Brady of Santa Barbara. Burial will be in the VA Cemetery.
The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California. Monday, 17 August 1959.
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