Son of John D and Garnet B Kane. First Lieutenant, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry (Rainbow Division). Killed in action in World War I. "He gave his life for God and Country" Near Chateau, France in the 2nd Battle of the Marne. His body rests in Belleau, France, Grave 63, Row 8. (This is the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery)
Graduate of the University of Texas
42d Infantry
The 42d infantry was founded in the fall of 1917. The government hand picked National Guard Units from 26 states and the District of Columbia to form the unit. They "entered the front line in March 1918, where it remained in almost constant contact with the enemy for 174 days. During its time in France, the 42nd Division participated in six major campaigns and incurred one-out-of-sixteen casualties suffered by the American Army during the war. The 42nd Division's service officially came to and end in May 1919."
Source: History of the "Rainbow", https://dmna.ny.gov/arng/42div/?id=history
Graduate of the University of Texas
42d Infantry
The 42d infantry was founded in the fall of 1917. The government hand picked National Guard Units from 26 states and the District of Columbia to form the unit. They "entered the front line in March 1918, where it remained in almost constant contact with the enemy for 174 days. During its time in France, the 42nd Division participated in six major campaigns and incurred one-out-of-sixteen casualties suffered by the American Army during the war. The 42nd Division's service officially came to and end in May 1919."
Source: History of the "Rainbow", https://dmna.ny.gov/arng/42div/?id=history
Son of John D and Garnet B Kane. First Lieutenant, 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Infantry (Rainbow Division). Killed in action in World War I. "He gave his life for God and Country" Near Chateau, France in the 2nd Battle of the Marne. His body rests in Belleau, France, Grave 63, Row 8. (This is the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery)
Graduate of the University of Texas
42d Infantry
The 42d infantry was founded in the fall of 1917. The government hand picked National Guard Units from 26 states and the District of Columbia to form the unit. They "entered the front line in March 1918, where it remained in almost constant contact with the enemy for 174 days. During its time in France, the 42nd Division participated in six major campaigns and incurred one-out-of-sixteen casualties suffered by the American Army during the war. The 42nd Division's service officially came to and end in May 1919."
Source: History of the "Rainbow", https://dmna.ny.gov/arng/42div/?id=history
Graduate of the University of Texas
42d Infantry
The 42d infantry was founded in the fall of 1917. The government hand picked National Guard Units from 26 states and the District of Columbia to form the unit. They "entered the front line in March 1918, where it remained in almost constant contact with the enemy for 174 days. During its time in France, the 42nd Division participated in six major campaigns and incurred one-out-of-sixteen casualties suffered by the American Army during the war. The 42nd Division's service officially came to and end in May 1919."
Source: History of the "Rainbow", https://dmna.ny.gov/arng/42div/?id=history
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