Henry Charles Ritchey was born on 22 Feb 1895 in Jefferson County, Indiana, USA
Son of Charles and Hattie from North Carolina and one of three children.
Charles was a teacher in Madison, Indiana before the war. He enlisted into the regular army on 20 November 1917
Charles trained at Ft Thomas and Ft Oglethorpe. He died of scarlet fever, complicated by pneumonia, on 24 January 1918.
Henry is buried in Bayless Cemetery near Wirt, Indiana. He was Jefferson County's first casualty in the war.
Pvt Henry Charles Ritchey, 22nd Ambulance Coy, US Army Medical det.
24 January 1918
Research by David O’Mara
Sources include: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Find A Grave.