Name:
Horace L. Layser
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-18
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France
Plot:
D
Row:
35
Grave:
38
Decoration:
Comments:
When Horace S. Layser was born on August 9, 1900, his father, Jonathan, was 25 and his mother, Polly, was 22. He lost his mother when he was only 4 years old. He had two brothers and one sister. He entered the military service in Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on July 18, 1918 and is now buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France.