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PRIVATE ELLSWORTH D. POWELL was born in Grisfield, Maryland in 1898. He was living at 36 North 4th Street in Camden when not attending college at American University in Washington, D.C. In 1917, with America's entry into World War I, American University gave over to the War Department part of its grounds for use in the war effort. On November 7, 1917 Ellsworth D. Powell enlisted in the United States Army, and was assigned to the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas & Flame), which had recently been organized on the school's grounds, which had been designated Camp American University. In November of 1917 the unit was reorganized as the 1st Gas Regiment. Private Powell went overseas with his unit in December of 1917. On October 21, 1918 he died as a result of wounds received from the explosion of an artillery shell. |
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