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William Nye Doty

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Iowa
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

William Nye Doty was from Cedar Rapids, Iowa. William Nye Doty was a conscientious objector imprisoned during World War I at Fort Leavenworth and the Fort Douglas War Prison Barracks in Utah.

The compilation reports a thirty-year term reduced to five years for the World War I objector imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Douglas.

Anne M. Yoder, World War I Conscientious Objector Database, retained CSV row 482.

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Incarcerated: 1918
Released: 1919
Sentence: Thirty years imposed, reduced to five years; completed custody duration unknown.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas