http://dmna.state.ny...hInfDivMain.htm
Here is a link to the history of the 108th Infantry Regiment's service in the AEF
http://net.lib.byu.e...kleaf/108th.htm
What fascinated me about this group beside the Purple Heart, Victory Medal and the City of Mount Vernon NY is the history of PVT Herbison being reported as KIA in Flanders Belgium. Which can often happen, especially back in WWI. Shortly after purchasing it some forum members came forward with links to the 108th Infantry Regiment Web Posting of Frederick Herbisons picture in the company roles; for those of us who collect militaria this is a very rare luck to find a picture of the vet to go with a medal grouping, especially a WWI medal group. Another reason I have been always intreastead in the 27th Division is that my Great Uncle served with them in WWII and was KIA during the Battle of Okinawa.
When I received the medal group I was happy to see that here was a ribbon bar that included the Purple Heat Ribbon along with what looked like the New Your State Conspicuous Cross. This I found interesting and figured during the Christmas Holiday when I requested his card from the New York State Archives I would ask them to check and see if he was on their roles.
Alas I would not have a chance to do that as I received a message from a person who was researching the history of his ancestors on line found the post about his grandfather being in the 108th infantry and the medal group. His mother and recently deceased uncle (the children of Mr Herbison did not know of the medal group) and he and his mother could only assume he had given the medal to close friend or relative that had served in WWII. The gentlemen proved beyond a doubt that he was the Grandson of PVT Herbison as he had a copy of his Honorable Discharge papers and a much better photo PVT Frederick C Herbison and told me that his Grandfather was very proud of his Purple Heart Ribbon and wore it on his Police Uniform.
Additionally he offered to pay me more then what I paid for it but I did not take him up on the offer as I know what it is to have very little of the service members service. My uncles Purple Heart, documents and letters related to his death while serving with the Co B 105th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Division are lost out there somewhere as no one in my family seems to have anything other then a newspaper clipping related to his death. Additionally, family members have lost the Purple Heart, and documents related to another Great Uncles service in the Great War as well; maybe I or another family member will reclaim the documents and medals of my ancestors some day. So without further delay I will post the medals, photo and documents related to PVT Frederick C Herbison's Service in the First World War, that war that was supposed to end all wars.
