Biography
David O. Heibert was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Kansas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sentenced to 25 years in prison; sent to Leavenworth on Nov. 12, 1918; part of Group 1 of C.O.s released in Jan. 1919 (those recommended by Bd. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
