Memorial Day tribute: Arlie’s Private First Class James Edward “Jim” Conrad

  • Battle of Belleau Wood
    Battle of Belleau Wood
  • Private First Class James Edward “Jim” Conrad is at rest in Plot Number A, Cemetery Row 4, Grave 78 of Aisne-Marne Cemetery and Memorial at the foot of Belleau Wood in Northern France.
    Private First Class James Edward “Jim” Conrad is at rest in Plot Number A, Cemetery Row 4, Grave 78 of Aisne-Marne Cemetery and Memorial at the foot of Belleau Wood in Northern France.
  • World War I Map
    World War I Map

    On June 17, 1918, Collingsworth County experienced its first loss in World War I,when Private First Class (PFC) James Edward “Jim” Conrad, of Arlie, was killed in action.

    Born Nov. 30, 1898, to James Owen “J.O.” Conrad and Mary Catherine West Conrad, James Edward Conrad was the youngest of 10 children in the Conrad family. The Conrad’s farmed in the Loco/Arlie areas of southeast Collingsworth Count…