Corporal John Michael Rineer
Company B, 109th Machine Gun Battalion, 28th
Division
Enlisted: July 13, 1917
Discharged: May 5, 1919
Corporal John Michael Rineer
Company B, 109th Machine Gun Battalion, 28th
Division
Enlisted: July 13, 1917
Discharged: May 5, 1919
John Michael Rineer served as a machine gunner in one of the most decorated companies in World War I. He was appointed corporal on July 12, 1918, one year after he enlisted. John was exposed to mustard gas and suffered from the effects of that exposure after his return home. — Courtesy of Patty Connor Biffen |