Number 4 on this photograph of Madison County's Commissioned Officers shows First Lieutenant John Powless of Oneida, NY.

Powless was a member of the Turtle Clan and a full-blood member of the Oneida Nation. He served in World War I as a commissioned officer. After returning home from the war, he decided to re-enlist and served as machine-gun instructor at Fort Hancock in Georgia and later transferred to Fort Slocum in New York.

Identifier
NYSA_A0412-78_B11_F44_Powless_John_Photograph

Date Original
circa 1917

Language
English

Source
New York State Archives. New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Archives and History. World War I veterans' service data and photographs, 1917-1938. Series A0412-78, Box 11, Folder 44.

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