Andrew J. Corbin & Mary C. Corbin had one son, Henry. Henry had four children: Harry, Hazel, Franklin, Andrew.
Andrew J. Corbin was a Civil War Veteran.
Harry died in France on April 21, 1918, and is buried at St. Mihiel American Cemetery.
He served with Company D, 2nd Engineer Regiment, 2nd Division.
He is buried at Plot D, Row 3, Grave 31
His paternal grandparents were Andrew J. and Mary Corbin, buried in the Manning Cemetery; Andrew served in the Civil War.
Harry was in Company D of the 2nd Engineer Regiment, Second Infantry Division. The Second U.S. Engineers left the United States on September 10th, 1917, sailing on board the R.M.S. Carpathia from New York. The 2nd Engineer Regiment's first tour of duty at the front was from March 15 to May 12, 1918, with the French in the Sommedieue sector, south of Verdun. The Battalion got its baptism of fire and gas during this tour. Company "D" lost three men killed by artillery fire the men being at the time engaged in construction of a shelter for a machine gun crew in the support lines of the first position.
Josephine Corbin took the 1929 Gold Star Mothers and Widows Pilgrimage to visit her son's grave in France during 1930.
Harry is buried in the Saint Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt-Regnieville, Lorraine Region, France, Plot D Row 3 Grave 31.
AMES BOY KILLED IN ACTION
Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa) April 26, 1918
Sergeant Harry Corbin Battle Victim in France
Sergeant Harry T. Corbin, of Ames, was killed in action April 22 according to a
war department message received by his father, H.T. Corbin, here this
afternoon. Corbin enlisted about a year ago with an engineering unit. Corbin
was the first of the Ames boys to be killed in action. He is a brother of Frank
Corbin and is a member of Company I. He went to France with the Third Iowa.
Sioux City Journal Sioux City May 2, 1918
Sergeant Harry T. Corbin
Memorial services for Sergeant Harry T. Corbin, Engineers, the first Ames and
Story County boy to die on the battle field fighting the Germans, will be held here, Sunday afternoon, May 12.
Mayor E.H. Graves has designated that day as one for paying tribute to the Ames
boy. Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Corbin, his parents, have been notified by the War Department
that their son was killed in action April 2. He enlisted about a year ago.
A brother, Frank Corbin, is now serving in France having gone over with the Third Iowa Regiment.