| 7. | Orville Antoine Disney | b: 1895 MAR 5 Sedan Chautauqua KS |
| Father: Wesley E. Disney | b: 1852 DEC 10 | |
| Mother: Eliza I. Matney | b: 1860 NOV 12 | |
| Graduated from Oklahoma University with a BS Degree in Geology | ||
| Never Married | ||
| Died: 1964 AUG 16 [ruled Suicide] | Chautauqua Co. KS | |
| Burial: Greenwood Cemetery | Chautauqua Co. KS | |
| When Orville's grandfather died he returned to the farm and took care of his grandmother | |||
| He committed suicide in 1964 because he thought he was terminally ill * | |||
| Orville served in World War I from 1916 - 1918 | |||
| Activated July 1917(National Guard Division from Illinois) | |||
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Overseas: May 1918 |
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Major operations: Le Hamel (4 companies), Meuse-Argonne Offensive Somme Offensive |
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| Commanders: | Major General George Ball Jr (25 August 1917) | ||
| Brigider General H.D. Todd Jr (19 September 1917) | |||
| Major General George Ball Jr (7 December 1917 | |||
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Returned to U.S. and inactivated : May 1919 |
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My father wrote a play about Orville and his actions while overseas: "Picnic on the Meuse" |
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* Narrative from his niece Gloria Elizabeth Disney |
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| Links of interest regarding Meuse-Argonne | |||
| http://www.ofdwilson.net/ww1/2nd-history/69-75.htm | |||
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meuse-Argonne_Offensive | |||
| http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/bigshow.htm | |||
| http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/pathoffire.htm | |||
| http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWmeuse.htm | |||
| http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwari/p/meuseargonne.htm | |||