Frank Royer

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Ohio
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Frank Royer was a conscientious objector from Ohio imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered on June 5, 1917, but not as a C.O.; not interviewed by Bd.; charge = Disloyalty?; sentenced to 10 years in prison

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Sentence: Sentenced to 10 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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