Charles R. McGuire Collection.

Letters written by Charles R. McGuire to Gladys Wright, Knoxville, Tenn 1917-1918 Charles R. McGuire became a member of Co, G, Second Tennessee Infantry on June 15, 1917. He was transferred to the Machine Gun Company, 120th Infantry at Camp Sevier on September 12, 1917. He rose to the rank of sergeant. He was fighting in the Ypres Sector in Belgium. He was killed September 30, 1918 on the Hinderburg Line near Bellincourt. He listed among the Knox County soldiers who lost their lives in “Knox County in the World War” (pp. 66-67). McGuire is buried in the Knoxville National Cemetery: DOB 4-11-1895, DOD 9-30-1918.