World War l Service: Enlisted in the National Army on 5 June 1917. Served as a Private in Company H, 101 Infantry. Served overseas in the American Expeditionary Forces from 12 June 1918 through his death on 23 Oct 1918. He saw combat at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and was Killed in Action on his 24th birthday at the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (Battle of the Argonne Forest) which was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front. It was fought from September 26, 1918, until the Armistice (November 11). He is now buried in Westlawn Cemetery, Mount Eaton, Wayne County, Ohio, USA.
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