Army Badge
  • Name: Guy Theodore Mix
  • Location of Birth: Waseca, Minnesota
  • Date of Birth: August 7, 1894
  • Date of Death: April 26, 1968
  • Parents: Lemon Mix & Christine (Storley) Mix
  • High School and Class:
  • College:
  • Highest Rank: Pvt (Private)
  • Branch: Army
  • Other Branch:
  • Date Sworn In: April 9, 1918
  • Place Sworn In:
  • Date of Discharge: August 11, 1919
  • Place of Discharge:
  • Units and Locations:
    Start Date End Date Unit(s) and Location(s) Served
    August 1919 138th Aero Squadron
  • Military Awards:

  • Military Highlights:
    World War I Registration Card
    Name: Guy Theodore Mix
    Age: 22
    Home address: Boy River, Minnesota
    Date of birth: August 7, 1894
    Citizenship: Natural born
    Place of birth: Waseca, Minnesota, USA
    If not a citizen, what country: -----
    Present occupation: Farmer
    By whom employed: -----
    Where employed: Boy River, Minnesota
    Dependents to support: Father and mother
    Marital status: Single
    Race: Caucasian
    Prior military service: None
    Claim exception from draft: Mother and father to support
    Tall, medium, or short: Medium
    Slender, medium or stout: Stout
    Color of eyes: Blue
    Color of hair: Red
    Bald: No
    Disability: No
    Date of registration: June 5, 1917
    Place of registration: Boy Lake, Cass County, Minnesota

    Private Guy Mix departed Brest France on July 18, 1919 on board the "F.J. Lukenbach" and arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey on July 29, 1919.


  • Wars Involved:
    World War I

  • MIA / POW:

  • Civilian Life:
    Guy Mix married Camilla Pearl Laughren in 1923. He was a resident of the Nashwauk, Minnesota area for the past 18 years. He was a member of the Nashwauk Methodist Church, the Nashwauk Moose Lodge, and a member of the DAV.

    Guy died at the Veterans Hospital in Fargo, North Dakota and is buried in the Nashwauk Cemetery, Nashwauk, Minnesota. He is survived by his wife, Pearl; three sons, Thomas, Alan, and Neal; two daughters, Georgia (Clifford) Bakko and Rae (Ray) Crea; a brother, Robert; and thirteen grandchildren.

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