WORLAND – It was in the trenches of France, on October 8, 1918, when 23-year-old Washakie County soldier Floyd Minch fell on the battlefield at Verdun during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I. He would become the first Washakie County casualty of the war.
On Monday, among over 800 flags adorning the graves of local servicemen, American Legion Floyd Minch Post 44 in Worland commemorated Me...