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Culver Harrison W.

Name:
Harrison W. Culver
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-20
State:
California
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
Plot:
C
Row:
37
Grave:
11
Decoration:
Comments:

"From "Long Beach in the World War.":
Harrison Wilder Culver, born Deep River, Michigan, February 9, 1883. Parents, Newton Harrison and Mary Wilder Culver. Enlisted H Company, 7th Infantry, February 20, 1917. Commissioned First Lieutenant March 28, 1917. Transferred to D Company, 2nd Battalion, 160th Infantry, 40th Division, September 8, 1918. Training at Arcadia, North Island, Chula Vista and Camp Kearney, California. In action at St. Mihiel, Mont Sec, (Toul sector) , and Meuse-Argonne. Wounded October 4, 1918, in right shoulder by portion of high explosive shell. Treated in Evacuation Hospital No. 11 Brizeaux and Bae Hospital No. 23, Vittel, Vosges. Died of bronchial pneumonia, October 20, 1918. Married Mary Ethedrela De Meulle.
His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Vigneulles, France but his surname is inscribed as Culber.