Indianan Arthur McDonald was born in 1889 and is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftlogan.asp.

Indianan Arthur McDonald was born in 1889. He enlisted in the Army in June 1919 and served as a mechanic in Company D, 25th Infantry until July 1920. McDonald’s company was among those formed for black soldiers in 1866. These segregated regiments became known as Buffalo Soldiers. By World War I, the 19th-century Buffalo Soldier had come to represent all African-American soldiers. Race influenced where regiments were deployed. Some 25th Infantry troops spent the war months in Hawaii; others in Arizona fought in the Battle of Ambos Nogales, August 1918 during the border conflict with Mexico. After World War I, they remained on the U.S.-Mexican border and by January 1920 McDonald was stationed at Camp Little, AZ. He died October 11, 1951He enlisted in the Army in June 1919 and served as a mechanic in Company D, 25th Infantry until July 1920. McDonald’s company was among those formed for black soldiers in 1866. 

McDonald was stationed at Camp Little, AZ. 

He died October 11, 1951, and is buried in Fort Logan National Cemetery (Section H, Site 197).

ARTHUR MCDONALD

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