Frank Moser

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 11 Months 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Frank Moser

Biography

Frank Moser was a conscientious objector from Pennsylvania imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 10 years in prison - reduced to 5 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; interviewed by the Special Board, on charge of disobedience of orders, on Jan. 6, 1919 at the Disciplinary Barracks ; sentenced to 10 years in prison - reduced to 5 years; imprisoned in Ft. Douglas War Prison Barracks; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1917
Released: December 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 10 years in prison - reduced to 5 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Released 1919 (Dec.).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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