ISOB Stone (First American KIA in France in WW1)
Details:
Grave # 63.
A standard French Military grave Marker; a metal cross with a ceramic centerpiece.
Edward “Eddie” M. Stone is thought to be the first American to die in France in WW1 while he served with the French Foreign Legion- Battalion C of the 2nd Marching Regiment of the 2nd Foreign Regiment, ( 2e Régiment de Marche du 2e étranger, 2eR.M. 2eR.E).
He served in the Machine Gun section of his unit near Craonne near the Aisne River in France. He was wounded in fighting on February 15, 1915 and sent to the hospital in Romilly-sur Seine, where he died of his wounds on February 27, 1915.
Edward “Eddie” Stone was born on January 5, 1887 in Chicago s the son of Chicago Industrialist Henry Baldwin Stone and Elizabeth Mandell Stone. (Henry died July 5, 1897 and his wife died in 1907). He was educated at Milton Academy and then Harvard, graduating with the class of 1908. He worked as the private secretary to the US Minister in Argentina and at the beginning of World War 1 he was in Paris, France. He enlisted as a private with the French Foreign Legion.
He is buried in grave #63 of the Carré militaire section of the Communal Cemetery in Romilly-sur Seine.
For more on Stone and American Volunteers in the French Foreign Legion see
Stone is also remembered along with other American Volunteers at the American Volunteer Monument at the Place de Etas Unis (See this website for more).
Monument Text:
The text on the grave is in French and reads:
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Units:
American Volunteer Group
French Foreign Legion
Wars:
WWI
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