from Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in The Service of the United States and The Allied Nations in The World War 1914-1918 (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921)
Son of Henry J. and Cora Helton; born January 12, 1898, Danville, Ind. Mechanic. Enlisted in Students Army Training Corps at Butler College, Indianapolis, September 23, 1918. Transferred to the Students Army Training Corps at Central Normal College, Danville, Ind., where he died of influenza, October 26, 1918. Buried at Danville, Ind.