09/17/2026
Meet George William Lockhart, born May 6, 1893, in Provo, Utah Territory. He was the second of eleven children born to Jennette (Nettie) Graham and Daniel Lockhart. The family moved to Wallsburg in Wasatch County, where George attended public school through the eighth grade. George’s father completed his questionnaire and noted that, “with considerable self educating after leaving 8th grade,” George “was considering High School just previous to volunteering for service.” On his World War I Draft Registration Card, completed June 5, 1917, George listed his occupation as farming with his father.
On August 5, 1917, George volunteered for service and was inducted into the Marines. He was assigned to the 43rd Company, 5th Regiment, and sent to Mare Island in California for three months of training. He was then transferred to Quantico in Virginia, where he trained for an additional three months before departing overseas on February 27, 1918. George was killed in action on June 11, 1918. His father remarked on the form: “Reported by officer that he fell fighting nobly for his country + was struck by a machine bullet at Chateau Thierry.”
At the bottom of George’s questionnaire, his father explained that this was his second son to die in the war. Next, we will meet George’s older brother Daniel and learn about the Lockhart legacy. In addition to his questionnaire, George’s records contain two letters addressed to his mother: one from his captain and a lengthy handwritten letter from a friend and fellow soldier.
Read George’s World War I documents here: bit.ly/4h5iHyQ
