On April 6, 1917, the United States declared war against Germany and the Central Powers of Europe. When the nation called for able-bodied men to serve their country many of our ancestors answered the call. Below is a list of Gourdins and Gourdines from South Carolina who answered the call.

GOURDIN, David ( Pvt )
b. 1896, Moncks Corner, Berkeley County; enlisted on 16 Jul 1918, at Mt. Holly; served in Company A, 1st Provisional Regiment, 155th Brigade; honorably discharged on 18 Sep 1918; 25% disabled.

GOURDINE, Isaiah ( Pvt )
b. 1890, Pineville, Berkeley County; enlisted on 6 Oct 1917, at Moncks Corner; served in Company A, 306th Service Battalion Quarter Master Corps; honorably discharged on 28 Jul 1919.

GOURDINE, James ( Pvt )
b. 1895, Mt. Holly; enlisted on 16 Oct 1917, at Moncks Corner; served in 156th Dep Brigade, to 28 may 1918, then Dep Service Company, 12th Army Service Corps; honorably discharged on 12 Jul 1919.

GOURDINE, Joe ( Pvt )
b. 5 May 1897, St. Stephen, Berkeley County; enlisted on 25 Sep 1918, at Charleston; served in 156th Dep Brigade; honorably discharged on 10 Dec 1918.

GOURDIN, Peter ( Pvt )
b. 4 Jul 1987, Pineville, Berkeley County; enlisted on 25 Sep 1918, at Charleston; served in 156th Dep Brigade; honorably discharged on 6 Dec 1918.

GOURDIN, Robert: (Pvt)
b. 1893, Pineville, Berkeley County; enlisted on 16Jul 1918, at Moncks Corner; svc; 156th Dep Brigade, to 8 Sep 1918, then Company A, 345th Service Battalion; honorably discharged on 23 July 1919.

GOURDINE, Samuel ( Pvt )
b. 8 Sep 1896, Wateree; enlisted on 27 Jul 1918, at Richland County; served in Company A, 330th lab Battalion Quartermaster Corps; honorably discharged on 14 Mar 1919.

SOURCE: South Carolina. Adjutant-General's Office. The Official Roster of South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-18, Volume Two [Colored], General Assembly of South Carolina: The Joint Committee on Printing (1932), p.1372.