Mikels, Charles W. |
| Battle Ground, Ind.; B; Sad.; Prepn.; Chateau Thierry; Soissons; St. Mihiel; Blanc Mont; Attigny; Argonne; Rhine. |
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Center photo taken on the Rhine River 1919 |
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| After the war, he returned to his small 40 acre family farm at Battleground, Indiana on State Hwy 43, 8 miles north of Lafayette, Indiana where he built and operated a gasoline filling station until his death in 1941. He also built several cabins on his property along the state highway and rented them out to travelers. He married and had 2 fine sons and a daughter. |
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| Photographs and biographical contributed by grandson, Dale Mikels. |
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