Photo Collection: Kenneth Norman / Eugene Balizet
Various photos of 80th Division World War I soldiers.
The original scrapbook belonged to PFC Eugene Balizet (PA) of 318th Supply Company,
who was best friends with Wagoner Herman Austin (Henrico, VA) of 318th Supply Company.
Eugene never married or had kids, Kenneth Norman's aunt Carol Anderson Norman passed the album along to digitize.
Original Scrapbook Owner: Eugene B. Balizet; B: 09 May 1896 - D: 29 Jan 1969 (Meadville, PA)
Enlisted: 4 April 1918; S# 2472957; Rank: Private First Class
Trained: Camp Lee, VA 6 Weeks
Command: Supply Company, 318th Infantry 80th Div
Shipped out: 22 May 1918, USS Leviathan
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive / St Mihiel / Meuse-Argonne; Wounds: None
Returned: 20 May 1918, USS Nansemond
Discharged: 11 June 1919, Camp Dix
Herman Austin; B: 10 April 1898; D: 17 June 1964 (Richmond, VA)
Enlisted: 19 Sept 1917; S# 1820342; Rank: Wagoner
Trained: Camp Lee, VA
Command: Supply Company, 318th Infantry 80th Div
Shipped out: 22 May 1918, USS Leviathan
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive / St Mihiel / Meuse-Argonne Wounds: Yes date not known at this time
Returned: 20 May 1918, USS Nansemond
Discharged: 17 June 1919
Wagoner Herman Austin
Wagoner Herman Austin
Walter Dunlap; B: 11 Oct 1886 - D: 29 Aug 1964
Enlisted: 27 June 1918 S#: 3337590; Trained: Camp Grant
Private Co I, 344th Inf, 86th Division
Arrived: Aug 1918 Division ordered skeletonized Oct 1918
Assigned: Co M, 318th 80th Div
Engagements/Battles: Meuse-Argonne
Departed: 20 May 1919, USS Nansemond
Discharged: 10 June 1919
Two Soldiers. 80th Division Artillery post WWI
Thomas J. Robbins; B: 4 April 1889 (Brookville, PA)
D: 10 Feb 1975 (Phoenix AZ)
Enlisted: 24 Sept 1917 S#: 1818535
Living Clayville Powhatan, VA at time of enlistment
Private to Corporal
Trained: Camp Lee VA
Company G, 317th Inf 80th Div
Departed/Arrived: 26 May 1918 - May 1918, Brest
Engagements/Battle: St Michel Meuse-Argonne
Departed/Arrived: 20 May 1919 - May 1919, Newport News, VA
Discharged: 13 June 1919
Louie B Pratt B: 13 Aug 1893; D: 27 Jan 1970 (Newport News, VA)
Enlisted: 21 Sept 1918; S# 1820052; Rank: Sergeant
Trained: Camp Lee
Command: Supply Company, 318th Inf Regt 80th Div
Shipped: 22 May 191,8 USS Leviathan
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive, St Miheil, Meuse-Argonne; Wounds: None
Returned: 20 May 1919, USS Nansemond
Discharged: 7 June 1919
Isaac E Tillett B: 29 Nov 1885; D: 14 April 1945 (Nags Head, NC)
Enlisted: 1918; S# 1821018; Rank: Private
Trained: Camp Lee
Command: C Company, 318th Inf Regt, 80th Div
Shipped: 22 May 1918, USS Leviathan
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive, St Miheil, Meuse-Argonne; Wounds: None
Returned: 17 May 1919, USS Maui
Discharged: 7 June 1919
Perry D. Morris B:12 Feb 1896; D: 22 Nov 1966 (Dyke, VA)
Enlisted: 18 Sept 1918; S#1820411; Rank: Wagoner
Trained: Camp Lee
Command: Supply Company, 318th Inf Regt, 80th Div
Shipped: 22 May 1918, USS Leviathan
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive, St Miheil, Meuse-Argonne; Wounds: None
Returned: 20 May 1919, USS Nansemond
Discharged: 7 June 1919
Wiley B. Compton B: 12 May 1893; D: 28 Jan 1980 (Tazwell, VA)
Enlisted: 21 Sept 1918; S#1820357; Rank: Wagoner
Trained: Camp Lee
Command: Supply Company, 318th Inf Regt, 80th Div
Shipped: 22 May 1918, USS Leviathan
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive, St Miheil, Meuse-Argonne; Wounds: None
Returned: 20 May 1919, USS Nansemond
Discharged: 7 June 1919
80th Division MG Battalion members.
Robert Wellford Allen Jr. B: 21 June 1891; D: 20 July 1977 (Richmond, VA)
Enlisted: 15 April 1918; S# 2665996; Rank: Private
Trained: Camp Lee, VA
Command: Company E, 319th Infantry 80th Div
Shipped out: 18 May 1918, USS Zeelandia
Battles/Campaigns: Somme Offensive / St Mihiel / Meuse-Argonne Wounds: No
Returned: 20 May 1918, USS Graf Waldersea
Discharged: 9 June 1919
Doug Rupp and Eugene Balizet. Camp Lee, VA.
Corporal Whitlock. Camp Lee, VA.
Berry, Rupp, and I. Camp Lee, VA.
Gandeline, Krause, Barr, Balizet, Cameron, John Beitel, Berry, Vincent Donnelly. Camp Lee, VA.
Gandeline, Vincent Donnelly, Krause, Berry, Barr, Beeler, Cameron, Beitel. Camp Lee, VA.
Spinella, Whitlock, Bill Dykes, Balizet, Shorty, Glenn, Drumkeller, Max Bardeas. Camp Lee, VA.
A camouflaged camp in the front lines one mile from Albert, France. July 26, 1918.
Rest camp. Calais, France. June 17, 1918.
"H" Hour. Troops at the Forges River at daybreak jumping off place of the Argonne Drive. Company "B" Bridge. Bethincourt, France. September 26, 1918.
Transport Road. Bethincourt, France. September 28, 1918. It is estimated that 90,000 men lost there lives here.
Company "B" Bridge. Bethincourt, France. September 26, 1918.
Concrete dugout. Bethincourt, France. September 28, 1918.
Jerry guns. Part of the 5,000 captured on September 26, 1918. Bethincourt, France. September 28, 1918.
French tank. Going in to Section 1, north of Septanges, France. September 28, 1918.
American plane. One of the first to come down in the Meuse Argonne. Gercourt, France. September 28, 1918.
Camouflaged guns in the foreground. Montfaucon, France. September 28, 1918.
Second day of Argonne offensive. Transport Congestion, Hill 304. Bethincourt, France. September 27, 1918.
First transport across St. Georges. November 1, 1918.
Verdun, France. September 22, 1918
Boche prisoners, 600 strong, on their way to the rear. St. Georges, France. November 1, 1918.
Over the top. On their way to Imecourt, France, having captures St. Georges. November 1, 1918.
Destroyed by ??. Harricourt, France. November 9, 1918.
Effects of a "dud." Beaumont, France. November 7, 1918.
Ruins. Montfaucon, France. October 11, 1918.
Anti-aircraft gun. Beaumont, France. November 9, 1918.
Grandpre, France, November 10, 1918.
Ancy.
Castle Rochefort. Cree, France.
Buzancy, France. Nobemver 4, 1918.
Turkey (?) Dinner. Thanksgiving 1918.
Aix-les-Boins, France.
Down the canal.
USS Leviathon, arrived Brest Harbor, May 30, 1918.
Went ashore May 31, 1918.
US Transport "Mercury". August 26, 1918.
Q.M. (Quartermaster) Dump. Cusy, France. December 12, 1918.
Near Fleville, France. November 30, 1918.
"Cootie" Hunt. Aisy, France. December 1, 1918.
Sgt. Slaughter and Jerry. Cry, France. December 1918.
USS Nansemond returning to America. May 1919.
