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Pvt Peter Alexander Agren

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Pvt Peter Alexander Agren Veteran

Birth
Rocklin, Placer County, California, USA
Death
5 Feb 1918 (aged 22)
At Sea
Burial
Jewell, Clatsop County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Co. F 6th Bat. 20th Engr's.

Upon further research:

Pvt. Agren was killed in action aboard the U.S. troopship Tuscania after it was torpedoed by the German U-boat UB-77 and sunk off the coast of the Scottish island of Islay on Feb. 5, 1918.

He was buried in Kilnaughton, Islay, on Feb. 12, 1918; his remains were later exhumed for reburial at Jewell Cemetery.

WWI Draft Registration Card:
Name: Peter Alexander Agren
Residence: Jewell, Clatsop Co., Oregon
Birthplace: Rocklin, California
Occupation: Logger
Military Branch: U.S. Army
Co. F 6th Bat. 20th Engr's.

Upon further research:

Pvt. Agren was killed in action aboard the U.S. troopship Tuscania after it was torpedoed by the German U-boat UB-77 and sunk off the coast of the Scottish island of Islay on Feb. 5, 1918.

He was buried in Kilnaughton, Islay, on Feb. 12, 1918; his remains were later exhumed for reburial at Jewell Cemetery.

WWI Draft Registration Card:
Name: Peter Alexander Agren
Residence: Jewell, Clatsop Co., Oregon
Birthplace: Rocklin, California
Occupation: Logger
Military Branch: U.S. Army


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