“Youngest Soldier” from the Feb. 6, 1919 issue of The Watauga Democrat, Boone
Concord can boast, perhaps, of the youngest soldier sent
overseas in the recent conflict, in the person of Master Plato Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B.N.H. Miller.
When war was declared on Germany, young Miller, then only 14
years of age, was ready, anxious and wanting to go, but on account of his age
he did not get into the service for several months. However, not to be foiled
in his attempt to help lick the Germans, he made one effort after another to
enter the service, only to be told that he was too young, and also that his
weight was against him.
Finally one day he left home and enlisted, having attained
the proper weight, and being very much overgrown for his age, he was accepted
and sent to a training camp. After spending several weeks in training he was
sent overseas and was with Gen. Pershing’s forces doing his “bit” before he was
15, having celebrated his 15th birthday in France.
Cabarrus County lays claim to the youngest soldier in the
service.
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