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George Herbert Casey in the 81st Division, 324 Infantry Regiment, Company D; WWI


Image by David C. Foster
George Herbert Casey served in WWI, "The Great War", Veteran from Wayne County, North Carolina near Goldsboro. He was the grandson of John Joshua Casey of Company H, 2nd NC of the CSA.

George Herbert Casey was born on 19 Dec. 1895 in Wayne County, North Carolina, USA. His father was George Wright Casey of Goldsboro/Wayne County, North Carolina, USA. His mother was Mary Murphy-Casey of Goldsboro/Wayne County, North Carolina, USA. George Herbert Casey’s father passed when he was one year old after falling into the family cotton gin (see photo: www.flickr.com/photos/21734563@N04/2663133082/in/set-7215… ). His mother married Albert White and had three more sons; then passed away in 1912 when George was seventeen years old.

The 324th Infantry Regiment was a North Carolina National Guard Unit assigned to the 81st Infantry (Stonewall or Wildcat) Division.

The 81st Division was initially made up of men drafted from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. The first men sent to the division were part of the first draft of September 5, 1917. The division was called the "Wildcat Division." A wildcat silhouette was adopted as a shoulder patch for the division, the first insignia worn by troops in the American Expeditionary Force (AEF). The division was organized at Camp Jackson, near Columbia, South Carolina in September 1917 and went into training. In May 1918 it was sent to Camp Sevier, near Greenville, South Carolina, and in July it was ordered to New York to be shipped overseas. In August the division sailed to England and then to France. It was initially sent to the trenches in September where it held what was considered a quiet front. While there the division suffered 116 casualties.

On November 6, the division was transferred to the front east of Verdun, on the east side of the Meuse River. Starting on November 8 the division attacked German positions for two days with limited success. From the outset the 81st Division’s troops were met with heavy German machine gun and artillery fire. Rumors reached the 81st Division commanders that an armistice might be signed on November 11, but because no official word was received about a cessation of hostilities, they ordered their men to continue their attacks. At daybreak, November 11, 81st Division soldiers were ordered to assault German positions. The troops slowly advanced through the heavy fog and German shell and machine gun fire. Then, at 11:00, the firing abruptly stopped. The war was over. The 81st Division suffered 1,104 casualties–248 killed or dead from wounds and 856 wounded–for the short time it was in combat. Like the 30th Division, the 81st Division remained in France and was not part of the Army of Occupation in Germany. In early June the men were shipped back to the United States and discharged from service. Courtesy: Logan in Kosovo

After the war George H. Casey lived with his sister Carrie Casey-Harrell. He met and married the widow Cora Howell who had children from her late husband. George and Cora had no children and Cora passed away soon after their marriage. George Casey passed away in 1948 in North Carolina from a broken neck received in an automobile accident on 17 May 1948 in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, USA.