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Sylvanus H. Hoxie

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Sylvanus H. Hoxie

Birth
Orneville, Piscataquis County, Maine, USA
Death
26 Jul 1918 (aged 24)
France
Burial
Piscataquis County, Maine, USA Add to Map
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Sylvanus H. Hoxie was a Private in the United States Army with the 39th Infantry Regiment Company L. He died in combat during the Battle of Château-Thierry in Belleau France in 1918.

His body was never found.

Sylvanus H. Hoxie is memorialized at the Cemetery at Belleau Wood in France and a marker was placed in his honor at the Hoxie family plot Orneville Cemetery Milo Maine.

The loss of a young man whose family mourned his death until they themselves passed.
Sylvanus H. Hoxie was a Private in the United States Army with the 39th Infantry Regiment Company L. He died in combat during the Battle of Château-Thierry in Belleau France in 1918.

His body was never found.

Sylvanus H. Hoxie is memorialized at the Cemetery at Belleau Wood in France and a marker was placed in his honor at the Hoxie family plot Orneville Cemetery Milo Maine.

The loss of a young man whose family mourned his death until they themselves passed.

Inscription

HOXIE
Fred A. (Abner) Hoxie
May 13, 1849 -- Dec. 9, 1924
Myra A. (Ann)(Drinkwater), His Wife
Nov. 29, 1847 -- Jan. 11, 1929
Preston F., Their Son
Apr. 8, 1882 -- May 8, 1882
Sylvanus, Their Son
Private Co. L. 39th Infantry
June 19, 1894 -- July 26, 1918

Gravesite Details

Records from World War I show he was killed in action on July 19, 1918.



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