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From Weimar, Texas, Edward C Feyrer was, at the time of his death, a private with the 20th Engineers, 6th Battalion, Company D (16th Co.), US Army.
In late January, 1918, Private Feyrer left Hoboken, New Jersey with a large contingent of American Expeditionary Force troops aboard the HMS Tuscania, a North Atlantic liner pressed into service as a troop transport. He lost his life off the coast of Scotland as a result of a torpedo attack by German submarine UB-77, late in the afternoon of February 5, 1918.
As with other victims of that attack, Pvt. Feyrer was first buried at Kilnaughton, Islay Isle, Scotland, and was later exhumed and returned to the US for permanent interment.
Other victims of the Tuscania sinking -- those whose graves have been posted -- may be accessed here or at this virtual cemetery.
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From Weimar, Texas, Edward C Feyrer was, at the time of his death, a private with the 20th Engineers, 6th Battalion, Company D (16th Co.), US Army.
In late January, 1918, Private Feyrer left Hoboken, New Jersey with a large contingent of American Expeditionary Force troops aboard the HMS Tuscania, a North Atlantic liner pressed into service as a troop transport. He lost his life off the coast of Scotland as a result of a torpedo attack by German submarine UB-77, late in the afternoon of February 5, 1918.
As with other victims of that attack, Pvt. Feyrer was first buried at Kilnaughton, Islay Isle, Scotland, and was later exhumed and returned to the US for permanent interment.
Other victims of the Tuscania sinking -- those whose graves have been posted -- may be accessed here or at this virtual cemetery.
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From Weimar, Texas, Edward C Feyrer was, at the time of his death, a private with the 20th Engineers, 6th Battalion, Company D (16th Co.), US Army.
In late January, 1918, Private Feyrer left Hoboken, New Jersey with a large contingent of American Expeditionary Force troops aboard the HMS Tuscania, a North Atlantic liner pressed into service as a troop transport. He lost his life off the coast of Scotland as a result of a torpedo attack by German submarine UB-77, late in the afternoon of February 5, 1918.
As with other victims of that attack, Pvt. Feyrer was first buried at Kilnaughton, Islay Isle, Scotland, and was later exhumed and returned to the US for permanent interment.
Other victims of the Tuscania sinking -- those whose graves have been posted -- may be accessed here or at this virtual cemetery.
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From Weimar, Texas, Edward C Feyrer was, at the time of his death, a private with the 20th Engineers, 6th Battalion, Company D (16th Co.), US Army.
In late January, 1918, Private Feyrer left Hoboken, New Jersey with a large contingent of American Expeditionary Force troops aboard the HMS Tuscania, a North Atlantic liner pressed into service as a troop transport. He lost his life off the coast of Scotland as a result of a torpedo attack by German submarine UB-77, late in the afternoon of February 5, 1918.
As with other victims of that attack, Pvt. Feyrer was first buried at Kilnaughton, Islay Isle, Scotland, and was later exhumed and returned to the US for permanent interment.
Other victims of the Tuscania sinking -- those whose graves have been posted -- may be accessed here or at this virtual cemetery.
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