The very FIRST Charter for Post 69 was under the name of "John Marion Goad". John Goad served with the 48th Aero Squadron during the war. He became the first soldier from Greene County to be killed after his plane was shot down behind enemy lines on June 27, 1918. NOTE our post was chartered 1 day BEFORE the Official Washington DC and Presidents signing of the American legion into existance by the federal government on Sept 16th as a recognized organization. Of course the American legion existed before then, but not on paper in Washington DC.
