VanBuford Womble

Released
Date of birth:01. 10. 1892
Date of death:09. 02. 1972
Age:79† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Georgia
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

VanBuford Womble was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Georgia 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: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a C.O.; assigned to 22nd Company, 6th Training Battalion, 157th Depot Brigade, Headquarters, Camp Gordon (Georgia), Aug. 2, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); interviewed by Bd. at Camp ___ & at Disciplinary Barracks ; …

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 2 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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