First Three Fallen American Soldiers in WW1 Marker
Details:
On top of the ridge at the location of the former battlefield.
MarkerA stone stele made of the local reddish sandstone (Greys des Vosges) on which is mounted a black granite plaque with gold leaf inscription in French. Dedicated on 4 November 2017. It stands under one large flag pole and is visible in the distance. Information signed about each of the three soldiers and the battle that occurred here on November 3, 1917.
Monument Text:
1917 2017
LA LORRAINE AUX ETATS UNIS
PREMIERE DIVISION D'INFANTERIE US
16e RI Compagnie F
C'EST ICI
QUE SONT TOMBES LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1917
LES TROIS PREMIERES SOLDATS
DU CORPS EXPEDITIONNAIRE AMERICAIN
JAMES BETHEL GRESHAM
d'EVANSVILLE INDIANA
Merle David HAY
de Glidden IOWA
Thomas Francis ENRIGHT
de PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIE
English translation:
From Lorraine to the United States
First Infantry Divison
16th Infantry Regiment Company F
The first three soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force fell here on 3 November 1917
James Bethel Gresham of Evansville Indiana
Merle David Hay of Glidden Iowa
Thomas Francis Enright of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
United States Army
Wars:
WWI
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