wittm - Dobyns, Opie

Events

Event	Date	Place
Birth [E6355]	1897-04-23	Bedford Co, Va

Death [E6356]	1918-10-09	France
	Cause: Killed in World War I
Burial [E6357]		Arlington National Cemetery

Relation to the center person (Witt, Living) : granduncle

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Dobyns, William Whitfield [I0046]	1866-05-01	1925-06-20
Mother	Ashwell, Victoria Catherine [I0047]	1869-08-08	1904-07-00
Brother	Dobyns, William Austin [I0044]	1890-05-10	1976-07-31
Brother	Dobyns, Samuel Griffin “Griff” [I0291]	1892-10-28	1929-12-23
Brother	Dobyns, Colear “Colita” Ellis [I0292]	1894-06-26	1918-08-09
Brother	Dobyns, Jesse Lee [I0293]	1896-03-19	1918-10-24
	Dobyns, Opie [I0294]	1897-04-23	1918-10-09
Sister	Dobyns, Cora Malvina [I0295]	1898-09-07	1962-05-16
Sister	Dobyns, Nina Lois [I0296]	1899-08-07	1981-10-07
Sister	Dobyns, Eva May [I0297]	1902-02-19	1986-05-13
Brother	Dobyns, Hugh [I0298]	1904-06-04	1926-06-23

Father	Dobyns, William Whitfield [I0046]	1866-05-01	1925-06-20
	Laughlin, Carrie Davis [I0301]	1887-02-10	1929-05-25
Half-brother	Dobyns, Thomas Sherwood Sr [I0300]	1920-12-13	1986-01-07
Half-sister	Dobyns, Alice Julia [I0299]	1922-03-11	1996-01-20

Narrative

Unmarried. Died age 21 years.
World War I: U. S. Army
Private First Class: Company K, 38th Infantry, 3rd Division
"Cyclone"
Same unit as his brother, Colear "Colita" Ellis Dobyns.

While training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi,
a cyclone came thru their camp leveling all the tents.
Hence, the "Cyclone" (CY) shoulder patch.

Buried in Arlington National Cemetery: Section:18 Site: 3575

Three Dobyns brothers died in World War I
1. Colita Ellis Dobyns killed Aug 9, 1918, France
2. Opie Dobyns killed Oct 9, 1918, France (2 months later)
3. Jesse Lee Dobyns died of pneumonia Oct 24, 1918, France (2 weeks later)