Arthur P. Whitesell

Arthur P. Whitesell of Newton, Kansas was killed in action on September 27, 1918 during the Battle of the Argonne Forest. He was a member of Company K, 139th Infantry, 35th Division. In 1919 his photograph was given to the Kansas State Historical Society as part of a project to preserve the records of veterans.

Like other U.S. states and regions across the globe, Kansans have served and died in war. The Kansas Museum of History aims to remember them through what they left behind. To see more about Whitesell please visit: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/224451