Combat Veteran, World War I
Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Battle of Cantigny (1918)
Battle of Soissons (1918)
Wounded in gas attack, July 1918
BIRTH: 04 Aug 1897 - Church Record (Baptism)
BAPTISM (Church Record): 22 Aug 1897 - Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul (Roman Catholic), Philadelphia, PA
BAPTISM SPONSORS (GOD PARENTS): Joseph Murphy and Anna McCullough
MARRIAGE (Church Record): 27 May 1929 - St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA (1535 N. 59th St.) (Church closed in 2013) (Notation in William Colgan's baptismal record)
License Number: 571740
Mentioned and pictured during World War I service in the newspaper - Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 03, 1918:
"FOUR OF FAMILY IN SERVICE
Reading downward are William, James, and Thomas Colgan, brothers, sons of James Colgan, of 40 North Fifty-sixth street, and Joseph Clapper, son of Mrs. Mary Clapper, who with her son has made her home with the Colgans"
BIRTH DATE NOTE: Original Baptismal Record, recorded at the month of birth, shows the correct birth year as 1897. The original Arlington headstone (inscribed "1898") was wrong. The Army has investigated the error, accepted documentation, replaced the headstone, and added the additional inscription "PURPLE HEART."
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Family Website: http://www.colgan.family
Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Battle of Cantigny (1918)
Battle of Soissons (1918)
Wounded in gas attack, July 1918
BIRTH: 04 Aug 1897 - Church Record (Baptism)
BAPTISM (Church Record): 22 Aug 1897 - Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul (Roman Catholic), Philadelphia, PA
BAPTISM SPONSORS (GOD PARENTS): Joseph Murphy and Anna McCullough
MARRIAGE (Church Record): 27 May 1929 - St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA (1535 N. 59th St.) (Church closed in 2013) (Notation in William Colgan's baptismal record)
License Number: 571740
Mentioned and pictured during World War I service in the newspaper - Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 03, 1918:
"FOUR OF FAMILY IN SERVICE
Reading downward are William, James, and Thomas Colgan, brothers, sons of James Colgan, of 40 North Fifty-sixth street, and Joseph Clapper, son of Mrs. Mary Clapper, who with her son has made her home with the Colgans"
BIRTH DATE NOTE: Original Baptismal Record, recorded at the month of birth, shows the correct birth year as 1897. The original Arlington headstone (inscribed "1898") was wrong. The Army has investigated the error, accepted documentation, replaced the headstone, and added the additional inscription "PURPLE HEART."
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Family Website: http://www.colgan.family
Combat Veteran, World War I
Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Battle of Cantigny (1918)
Battle of Soissons (1918)
Wounded in gas attack, July 1918
BIRTH: 04 Aug 1897 - Church Record (Baptism)
BAPTISM (Church Record): 22 Aug 1897 - Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul (Roman Catholic), Philadelphia, PA
BAPTISM SPONSORS (GOD PARENTS): Joseph Murphy and Anna McCullough
MARRIAGE (Church Record): 27 May 1929 - St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA (1535 N. 59th St.) (Church closed in 2013) (Notation in William Colgan's baptismal record)
License Number: 571740
Mentioned and pictured during World War I service in the newspaper - Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 03, 1918:
"FOUR OF FAMILY IN SERVICE
Reading downward are William, James, and Thomas Colgan, brothers, sons of James Colgan, of 40 North Fifty-sixth street, and Joseph Clapper, son of Mrs. Mary Clapper, who with her son has made her home with the Colgans"
BIRTH DATE NOTE: Original Baptismal Record, recorded at the month of birth, shows the correct birth year as 1897. The original Arlington headstone (inscribed "1898") was wrong. The Army has investigated the error, accepted documentation, replaced the headstone, and added the additional inscription "PURPLE HEART."
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Family Website: http://www.colgan.family
Company H, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Battle of Cantigny (1918)
Battle of Soissons (1918)
Wounded in gas attack, July 1918
BIRTH: 04 Aug 1897 - Church Record (Baptism)
BAPTISM (Church Record): 22 Aug 1897 - Cathedral of Saints Peter & Paul (Roman Catholic), Philadelphia, PA
BAPTISM SPONSORS (GOD PARENTS): Joseph Murphy and Anna McCullough
MARRIAGE (Church Record): 27 May 1929 - St. Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church, Philadelphia, PA (1535 N. 59th St.) (Church closed in 2013) (Notation in William Colgan's baptismal record)
License Number: 571740
Mentioned and pictured during World War I service in the newspaper - Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, PA, July 03, 1918:
"FOUR OF FAMILY IN SERVICE
Reading downward are William, James, and Thomas Colgan, brothers, sons of James Colgan, of 40 North Fifty-sixth street, and Joseph Clapper, son of Mrs. Mary Clapper, who with her son has made her home with the Colgans"
BIRTH DATE NOTE: Original Baptismal Record, recorded at the month of birth, shows the correct birth year as 1897. The original Arlington headstone (inscribed "1898") was wrong. The Army has investigated the error, accepted documentation, replaced the headstone, and added the additional inscription "PURPLE HEART."
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Family Website: http://www.colgan.family
Inscription
Corporal
U.S. Army
World War I
AUG 4 1897
AUG 7 1977
PURPLE HEART
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