Hello again Jim,

Thanks again for your response and clarification on the 9th Batt. O.V.I. On the 371st of WW I , My grandfather, Harold McKinley Adams, from Urbana, Ohio served with that unit.

From Ohio Soldiers & Sailors 1917-1918 on Ancestry.com

Name: Harold M. Adams
Serial Number: 1971952
Race: C
Residence: 317 Hill St., Urbana, O.
Enlistment Division: National Army LB 1
Enlistment Location: Columbus, O.
Enlistment Date: 13 Oct 1917
Birth Place: Urbana, O.
Birth Date / Age: 23 9/12 Years
Assigns Comment: Co A 317 Engineers to Discharge Sergeant 10 Jan 1918; Stable Sergeant Jan /18; Sergeant 1 Apr 1918; Stable Sergeant 19 Aug 1918. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. American Expeditionary Forces 10 June 1918 to 6 March 1919. Honorable discharge 31 March 1919.
Volume #: 1

Also, below is a listing, which is a "work under construction" of those direct family members who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Art Thomas