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Henry Wiebe

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Oklahoma
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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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
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1918
Released: 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison, reduced to 1 year. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas