Willard F. Heminger

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Indiana
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 8 Months 4 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Willard F. Heminger was a Church of the Brethren conscientious objector from Indiana imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Alcatraz. 10 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: assigned to 14th Company, 4th Training Battalion, 159th Depot Brigade, Headquarters 84th Division, Camp Zachary Taylor (Kentucky), June 7, 1918 (may not have been his first assignment); sentenced to prison for 10 years; imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth on Oct. 4, 1918 ; …

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: Sep 5, 1919
Sentence: 10 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Alcatraz. Released 1919 (Sept. 5).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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