ISOB Capdevielle
Details:
Located in the French National Cemetery at Sommepy-Tahure, grave number 1025; His grave is on the right side of the center aisle as you head up the hill, 4 rows down from the top. Isolated Burial Isolated burial of Ferdinand Capdevielle, an American volunteer who fought for the French during WWI. He was the last American who had enlisted in the French Forces who was killed fighting for France.
From the Mémoire des homes (French Ministry of Defense) Website:
Ferdinand CAPDEVIELLE
Mort pour la France: le 03-10-1918 (Sommepy-Tahure, 51 - Marne, France)
Né(e) le/en: 27-07-1893 à New-York (Etats-Unis)
25 ans, 2 mois et 7 jours
Career:
Status: militaire - Terre
Rank: sous-lieutenant
Unit: 170e régiment d'infanterie (170e RI)
Class: 1914
Recruitment office: Seine bureau central (75)
Recruitment roll number: 5354
Reference: Mort pour la France
Place of transcription of death: Paris 1er arrondissement (75 - Paris (ex Seine), France)
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Units:
170th Infantry Regiment (French)
American Volunteer Group
French Foreign Legion
Wars:
WWI
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