Niles Harry Alexander

Monuments

First Division Monument (San Mihiel)

Nonsard Liberation- 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division

Name:

Harry Alexander Niles

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

Unit:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-09-12

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Mitchell City Cemetery, Mitchell, Indiana

Plot:

Moore-Edwards 4 NorthEast, Lot 271

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Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

Harry Alexander Niles was the son of Albert and Ola(Jeffries) Niles. He was born October 15, 1899 in Mitchell, Indiana and he was a laborer.

He enlisted in the Regular Army in February 1917 in Bloomington, Indiana and was sent to Ft. Bliss, Texas. He was assigned to Company G, 16th Infantry and attached to the 1st Division. He was deployed overseas in June, 1917. He was killed in action September 12, 1918 in the St. Mihiel Drive.

Source: "Gold Star Honor Roll: A Record of Indiana Men and Women who died in the service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War," Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Commission, 1921., p. 356.
He is remembered on memorials in Nonsard and Vigneulles, France.