Van B. Wimble

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Georgia
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Van B. Wimble was a conscientious objector from Georgia imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: imprisoned Feb. 4, 1919

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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