Biography
David A. Troyer was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: refused to drill; tried to refuse uniform, but clothes were taken away (had to go home in uniform) when discharged); experienced some ill-treatment; sentenced to 10 years in prison; imprisoned Oct. 22, 1918; mentioned in letters from sister Lovina to Rudy J. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
