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PVT Joseph Alonzo Long

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PVT Joseph Alonzo Long Veteran

Birth
Bremen, Haralson County, Georgia, USA
Death
9 Oct 1918 (aged 22)
Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot H Row 2 Grave 26
Memorial ID
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Entered military service from Georgia.
Company D, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Died at La Veuve, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France of wounds received in action.
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The newspaper clipping has errors. Joseph A. Long did not sail to France with the 23rd Infantry on July 23, 1918. The 23rd Infantry arrived in France during Sept. and Oct. of 1917.
He sailed for France on July 23, 1918 aboard Vestris as part of Camp Gordon Replacement Draft Company #65 and was assigned to the 23rd Infantry after arrival there.
The 23rd Infantry was not an organization of a 23rd Division. There was no 23rd Division. It was part of the 2nd Division.
Errors are common in clippings.

Contributor: MGR (46905687).
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Entered military service from Georgia.
Company D, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Died at La Veuve, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France of wounds received in action.
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The newspaper clipping has errors. Joseph A. Long did not sail to France with the 23rd Infantry on July 23, 1918. The 23rd Infantry arrived in France during Sept. and Oct. of 1917.
He sailed for France on July 23, 1918 aboard Vestris as part of Camp Gordon Replacement Draft Company #65 and was assigned to the 23rd Infantry after arrival there.
The 23rd Infantry was not an organization of a 23rd Division. There was no 23rd Division. It was part of the 2nd Division.
Errors are common in clippings.

Contributor: MGR (46905687).
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Inscription

JOSEPH A. LONG
PVT. 23 INF. 2 DIV.
GEORGIA OCT. 9, 1918



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  • Maintained by: Mitch Ryder
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55994514/joseph_alonzo-long: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Joseph Alonzo Long (27 Feb 1896–9 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55994514, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by Mitch Ryder (contributor 46905687).