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Lemuel Berry

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Lemuel Berry

Birth
Christian County, Missouri, USA
Death
7 Oct 1918 (aged 28)
Rampont, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
Burial
Afton, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 36.7062721, Longitude: -94.9680634
Memorial ID
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Lemuel Z. Berry was born on September 27, 1890, in Christian County, Missouri to Joseph Daniel Berry and Louella Mahala Elizabeth Long. He was a Cherokee citizen and served in WWI as a private in K Company, 59th Infantry Regiment, 8th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. He was severely wounded by mulitiple guns-shot wounds near the Bois des Ogons during Phase II of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign on October 6, 1918. He died from his wounds on October 7, 1918, in the Mobile Hospital No. 5 at Bois de Placys near Rampont, France, where he was intially buried.

Submitted by drlee 46881117

Manager note: There may be a marker in France as well. If anyone finds it I'd like to link it the two memorials together. Please notify me. Thank you.

Lemuel Z. Berry was born on September 27, 1890, in Christian County, Missouri to Joseph Daniel Berry and Louella Mahala Elizabeth Long. He was a Cherokee citizen and served in WWI as a private in K Company, 59th Infantry Regiment, 8th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. He was severely wounded by mulitiple guns-shot wounds near the Bois des Ogons during Phase II of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign on October 6, 1918. He died from his wounds on October 7, 1918, in the Mobile Hospital No. 5 at Bois de Placys near Rampont, France, where he was intially buried.

Submitted by drlee 46881117

Manager note: There may be a marker in France as well. If anyone finds it I'd like to link it the two memorials together. Please notify me. Thank you.

Gravesite Details

France. Okla. Pvt. C59 Inf 4div



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  • Created by: KChaffeeB
  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61530195/lemuel-berry: accessed ), memorial page for Lemuel Berry (27 Sep 1890–7 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 61530195, citing Mount Hope Cemetery, Afton, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by KChaffeeB (contributor 46506715).