Arthur C. "Vandine," age 10, is found in the 1910 census of Washington District, Marshall County, West Virginia, residing with his father, a widower, S. Lafayette Vandine, a truck farmer, 49, born in Ohio, and a brother, Edward B., age 5; Arthur and Edward were born in West Virginia, according to the record.

While living in Moundsville, Arthur C. Vandyne enlisted for service in February 1917, according the news article below. He departed on the ship "Momus" on June 17, 1917 from New York with Company K 26th Infantry. National newspapers reported on June 6, 1918 that Arthur C. Van Dyne of California, Washington County, Pennsylvania was Killed in Action. - Note: The address stated for service people in World War I is often the address of the next-of-kin.

His remains were returned on the ship "Somme" that departed from Calai, France on February 27, 1921, and arrived in Hoboken, New Jersey on March 14, 1921. - He is named in a 1921 article in York Daily Record, April 15, 1921, as KIA May 27, 1918 at Cantigny, while a member of Company K 26th Infantry, "Pershing's Own Division."

The grave of Arthur C. Van Dyne is located in Highland Cemetery, California, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Plot 190, and is marked with "Co. K 26th Infantry - World War."

Contrary to what is stated in the first article, the name of the brother in Washington County was Louis Van Dyne. Arthur may have had a brother, George, in Washington County but he was not found. The names of all of the siblings have not been sorted out.

The West Virginia Archives Memory Project adds the middle name. He is listed as Arthur Chester Van Dyne, from Marshall County, and their information indicates he "worked for J. A. Schob [Schwob] Company, Moundsville."

Arthur is characterized in an article in the Moundsville Echo as being a "Moundsville Boy" who died in service. "Alexander is the fourth Moundsville boy to lose his life in payment of our debt to France, the others having been Arthur Van Dyne, Corporal Earl Francis and Forest Lee Delaney." [Reportedly, another article is found in the Echo June 6, 1918.]

Arthur's father, S. Lafayette Van Dyne, was also the father of Louis Van Dyne, of California, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Louis served as a Sergeant during WWI and he survived. Louis died on August 8, 1942, and his death record indicates that he was born in Belmont County, Ohio, and his parents were Sicilo L. Van Dyne and Mary. Louis, too, is buried in Plot 190 at the Highland Cemetery, California, Pennsylvania. Louis' son, Arthur Earl Van Dyne, born in 1921, was obviously named in honor of his late brother.

On Louis Van Dyne's WWI Pennsylvania Compensation application, he names his parents as Lafayette and Mary Van Dyne, both deceased at the time he made the application in 1934.

Brother, Edward B., named in the 1910 census of Marshall County with Arthur, stated on his WWII Draft Registration, dated October 1940, that he was Edward Blist Vandyne, born in Moundsville in 1905. He was residing in Charleston at the time of his registration. His next of kin was Louis Vandyne of California, Pennsylvania. Edward Blist Van Dyne, born June 1905, died in the Braxton County Jail in 1941, cause not determined. He, apparently, had a troubled history.

This article provides additional information about this Van Dyne family: Washington Times, Washington, D. C., July 14, 1918: "Wellsburg, W.Va. Girl Here to Seek Vanished Brother. - Post office employees passing the general delivery window yesterday were mystified to see standing near the window a simply-clad young woman, who anxiously scrutinized every passerby as if she expected to find someone. She stood there near the window from 7 o'clock in the morning until the window was closed in the evening - a twelve hour vigil. - This same young woman came into The Times office last night. Her name is Miss Cleo Vandyne, and she is from Wellsburg, W. Va. She is seeking her brother. - Vanishes From Home - According to Miss Vandyne, her sixteen-year-old brother, Edward, disappeared from home June 27, supposedly in company with a tramp. The boy was mentally abnormal. He was living at the home of his brother, with whom also Miss Vandyne is living, having been appointed guardian of the boy when her mother died in 1908. The boy has four brothers living, three of whom are in the service of Uncle Sam. Another brother was killed in action May 27. - "A tramp came along before breakfast one morning," said Miss Vandyne, beginning her story, "and my sister-in-law gave him some sandwiches and left him on the back stoop. When we called Edward for breakfast, he and the hobo had both disappeared." - Sends Letter - "We got a letter from him dated July 8, and postmarked, Washington. He asked for money. - Miss Vandyne thinks the boy is in the possession of someone who intends to extort money from his relatives by having the boy write letters. She intends to stay here for a week and help the local police force, who are on the lookout to find her brother."

The news article states that her mother died in 1908. Lafayette Van Dyne and his two young sons were living in Moundsville in 1910. There is a Mary Belle Van Dyne buried at Mt. Rose Cemetery in Moundsville who died in 1908.

Cleo Vandyne, born about 1893, married Randolph Vickoms in Belmont County, Ohio on April 29, 1913. Her parents are identified as Lafayette Vandyne and Mary Belle Hynes. - They divorced.

S. L. Vandyne died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis on July 9, 1928 at Massillon State Hospital (Ohio) where he had been for 3 years and 5 months. Burial place: Moundsville, W.Va. His remains were removed to Grisell Funeral Home. - This man would be Sicilo Lafayette Vandyne, the father of Arthur Chester Vandyne, and he is likely buried at Mt. Rose with his wife, Mary Belle Hynes Vandyne.