Biography
Henry Wiebe was a Mennonite Brethren conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison, reduced to 1 year. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a C.O.; assigned to Company E, 1st Regiment, Infantry Replacement and Training Troops, Headquarters Camp Pike (Arkansas), Dec. 3, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); interviewed by Bd. on Feb. 14, 1919 at Leavenworth; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth