Earl Endicott

He was the  son of George Pierpont Estes Hart and Margaret Crowell Hogg Hart.  He was a Marine bugler and a point man who went ahead of the troops to scout for the enemy. 

 

He fought in the Battle of Chateau Thierry in May 1918.  He was awarded the Purple Heart because he was wounded twice during the war.  Once when he was wounded, he was thought to be dead and was placed with others who had died. 

 

He lay there all day before he was able to get someone's attention to let them know he was alive.  He continued to serve in Germany for about a year after the war was over.  Then he moved back to Danville, Virginia, where his parents lived, married and had three daughters.  Later he was divorced, remarried and had four more daughters.