Americo V. Alexander

Americo V. Alexander was a conscientious objector from New Jersey imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 20 years in prison, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917 as a C.O.; assigned to Medical Detachment, Base Hospital, Camp Dix (New Jersey), Sept. 19, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); spent 3 months working at base hospital; interviewed by Bd. of Inquiry on Feb. 1919 at Ft. Leavenworth; classified by Bd. …