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• Beebe ., PVT 1CL. Leon A.   b. December 6, 1894  d. October 6, 1918
  
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Bleckley, Erwin Russell    b. December 30, 1894  d. October 6, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Bleckley served as a Second Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, 130th Field Artillery, Observer 50th Aero Squadron, Air Service. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service Near Binarville, France, on October 6, 1918. His citation reads-2d Lt. Bleckley, with his pilot, 1st Lt. Harold E. Goettler, Air Service, left the airdrome late in the afternoon on their second trip to drop supplies to a battalion of the 77th Division, which had...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Chapman, Victor Emmanuel    b. April 17, 1890  d. June 23, 1916
  World War I United States Army Aviator. He was a member of the famed Lafayette Escadrille, and the first American aviator to die in battle during World War I.
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: Plot D, Row 1, Grave 33
   
• Chiles, Marcellus Holms    b. February 5, 1895  d. November 5, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Chiles served as a Captain, United States Army, 356th Infantry, 89th Division. He was awarded his medal for service Near Le Champy Bas, France, on November 3, 1918. His citation reads-When his battalion, of which he had just taken command, was halted by machinegun fire from the front and left flank, he picked up the rifle of a dead soldier and, calling on his men to follow led the advance across a stream, waist deep, in the face of the...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Crandall, Marion G.    b. April 25, 1872  d. March 27, 1918
  Folk Figure. The first American woman killed in active service during World War I. Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she was educated at the Sorbonne University in Paris, and became a French language teacher at St. Katharine's School in Davenport, Iowa. Crandell left for Paris in January 1918 to aid French soldiers involved in the war, feeling her knowledge of the country and the language would be helpful. Two months later, she died when a German artillery shell hit the hostel where she was on...[Read More] (Bio by: Dustin Oliver)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: Grave #24, Plot F, Row #1
   
• Gabriel ., PVT 1CL. William E.  b. July 9, 1878  d. September 26, 1918
  
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Grant, Edward Leslie 'Harvard Eddie'    b. May 21, 1883  d. October 9, 1918
  Professional Baseball Player. Eddie Grant was a Harvard graduate who played 10 years in the Majors. After a three hit debut with the Cleveland Naps of the American League, he went to the minors. He reappeared with the 1907 Phillies, and took over as leadoff batter in 1908, leading the NL in at-bats in 1908 and 1909. Grant became a fine-fielding third baseman, fast on the bases and dependable in the clutch. In 1915, after two-and-a-half seasons with the Giants, where he was a favorite of John...[Read More] (Bio by: Frank Russo)
  Cause of death: Killed By German Shell Fire
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: Plot A, Row 02, Grave 24
   
• Kocak, Matej    b. December 31, 1882  d. October 4, 1918
  World War I Double Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, 5th Regiment, 2nd Division. Born in Gbey (Slovakia), Austria. Joined Marine Corps in New York. G.O. Army Department, No. 34, W.D., 1919 CITATION: For extraordinary heroism while serving with the Sixty-sixth Company, Fifth Regiment, Second Division, in action in the Viller-Cottertes section, south of Soissons, France, 18 July 1918. When a hidden machine gun nest halted the advance of his battalion, Sergeant...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: D, Row 41, Grave 32
   
• Luke, Frank    b. May 19, 1897  d. September 29, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Nicknamed the "Arizona Ballon Buster," he succeeded David Putnam as the "ace of aces" in the US Air Service during the First World War. He was a member of the 27th Pursuit Squadron. Often flying alone or with wingman Joe Wehner, Luke shot down 18 enemy balloons and planes in 17 days before he was killed in action. After destroying three German balloons on September 29, 1918, his SPAD S.XIII was shot down by ground fire. Refusing to surrender...[Read More]
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: Plot A, Row 26, Grave 13
   
• Maginot, André    b. February 17, 1877  d. January 7, 1932
  French Politician, Military figure.
  Revigny-sur-Ornain Communal Cemetery, Revigny-sur-Ornain, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: family
   
• Miller, Oscar F.    d. September 30, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Miller served as a Major, United States Army, 361st Infantry, 91st Division. He was awarded his medal for service Near Gesnes, France, on September 28, 1918. His citation reads-After 2 days of intense physical and mental strain, during which Maj. Miller had led his battalion in the front line of the advance through the forest of Argonne, the enemy was met in a prepared position south of Gesnes. Though almost exhausted, he energetically...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Plessinger ., PVT. Elmer I.   b. March 6, 1893  d. October 8, 1918
  
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• PoincarŽ, Raymond   b. 1860  d. 1934
  Tenth president of the French Republic from 1913-1920 (during the Third Republic).
  City Cemetery, Nubecourt, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Roberts, Harold W.    b. October 14, 1895  d. October 6, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army during World War I as a Corporal in Company A, 344th Battalion, United States Army Tank Corps. On October 4, 1918 his unit was engaged in a fierce battle at the Montrebeau Woods, France. This was part of the famous St. Mihel and Meuse-Argonne Offensives. His citation reads, Corporal Roberts, a tank driver, was moving his tank into a clump of bushes to afford protection to another tank which had become disabled...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: Plot B, Row 45, Site 36
   
• Sawelson, William    b. August 5, 1895  d. October 26, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Sawelson served as a Sergeant, United States Army, Company M, 312th Infantry, 78th Division. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service At Grand-Pre, France, on October 26, 1918. His citation reads-Hearing a wounded man in a shell hole some distance away calling for water, Sgt. Sawelson, upon his own initiative, left shelter and crawled through heavy machinegun fire to where the man lay, giving him what water he had in his canteen. He...[Read More]
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Smith, Fred E.    b. March 29, 1873  d. September 29, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Smith served as a Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, 308th Infantry, 77th Division. He was awarded his medal posthumously for service Near Binarville, France, on September 29, 1918. His citation reads-When communication from the forward regimental post of command to the battalion leading the advance had been interrupted temporarily by the infiltration of small parties of the enemy armed with machineguns, Lt. Col. Smith personally led a party of 2...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
   
• Stowers, Freddie    b. 1896  d. September 28, 1918
  World War I Congressional Medal Of Honor recipient. No Medals of Honor were awarded to Black soldiers for heroism in World War I. This was finally corrected in 1991 when President George Bush presented a posthumous award to the sisters of South Carolina's Freddie Stowers. CITATION: Corporal Stowers, a native of Anderson County, South Carolina, distinguished himself by exceptional heroism on 28 September 1918, while serving as a squad leader in Company C, 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Infantry...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France
  Plot: Marne Section, Site 1
   

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