Fred A. Boswell Pvt Fred A. Boswell was from Mt.Vernon, he was assigned to the Co F, 356 Inf, 89 Div in the American Expeditionary Force in France during WWI. He was killed in action about a half hour before the armistice was signed ending WWI on November 11,1918. His body was returned to Mt. Vernon two year later and a military funeral was held on the court house lawn and he was buried in the IOOF cemetry.