VETERANS DATABASE

Participant Info

Class Year (or years attended)

1909

Military Service Branch

US Army

Years of Service

1918-1919

Service Academy or ROTC Institution

No

Highest Rank Attained

Corporal

Type of Separation

Died on active duty overseas - pneumonia

Awards and Decorations

World War I Victory Medal

Major Duty Assignments, Military Units/Organizations/Ships, and Locations of Service?

16th Balloon Company 7/4/18

Most Memorable Military Experience or Accomplishment

Meuse-Argonne Offensive

Share the in-service schools/training attended and your primary military specialty.

Communications and information systems. 5 Det Av Sec Sig C Kelly Field , Texas; 14 Det Ft. Omaha , Neb. 6/21/18.

If your service included combat or hostile action describe

The Meuse Argonne Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Argonne Forest

Date of Death and Where They Were Laid to Rest

Died of Pneumonia St. Mihiel, France hospital 1/3/1919; Buried or memorialized Plot C, Row 22, Grave 35, St. Michael American Cemetery, Thiaucourt, France

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