William F. Pinard

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

William F. Pinard was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Oklahoma imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 30 years, reduced to 1. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on Jan. 5, ___ at Leavenworth; charge = disloyalty?; sentenced to 30 years, reduced to 1.5 years; reason for stance = Christian

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Sentence: Sentenced to thirty years, reduced to one and a half years. Confined at Fort Leavenworth. This is sentence length, not actual time served. Exact custody endpoints remain unresolved; June5,1917 is draft registration, not jail admission. Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pW6wsZo4it4CTtGmn_P-dwg1L0arJBfJEhwcIZlSZNQ/edit (Pinard row1593), linked by https://www1.swarthmore.edu/Library/peace/conscientiousobjection/WWI.COs.coverpage.htm
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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