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Paul Kleinsasser

Released
Date of birth:17. 09. 1892
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:South Dakota
Time Imprisoned:
10 Months 18 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Paul Kleinsasser was a Hutterite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 1. (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 C.O.; sent to Camp Funston; refused combatant & noncombatant service & work; refused to wear uniform; placed in guardhouse; appeared before Bd. of Inquiry, which found him sincere; would have taken farm furlough, but it was not offered to him; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: Aug 28, 1918
Released: Jul 16, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 5 years in prison, reduced to 1. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (July 16).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas