Biography
Richard A. Carlson was a conscientious objector from Minnesota 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 2 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: did not register for the draft; assigned to Company I, 351st Infantry, Headquarters 88th Division, Camp Dodge (IA), March 7, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); interviewed by Bd. in July 1918 at Leavenworth; charged with disobedience of orders; …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth