Archie McKenzie is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Archie McKenzie was born on July 18, 1887. The following is from "A Genealogical and Biographical Record Concerning Phebe (Reed) Trott and John Trott and All of Their Descendants to January 1, 1954," page 50, by Worrall Dumont Prescott, 1954:
"Sergeant Archie McKenzie, son of Mrs. Emma F. Dunphy, was born at the old Taylor homestead at Norridgewock, maine, July 18, 1887. At the age of six he went to Oswego Falls to live and attended the school there until he came back to Norridgewock at the age of fourteen. At the age of twenty-one, while employed as a spinner in the Madison Woolen Mill, he enlisted in Co. E, Seventh Regiment, at Fort Slocum, New York, Oct. 18, 1908, to serve three years.
April 18, 1917, while employed as a third hand on a paper machine, in a paper mill, in Madison, Maine, he again enlisted in Co. E, 103rd Infantry, U. S. Army. His previous experience in the regular Army made him one of the most valuable men Company E had and he was promoted to Sergeant while stationed at Augusta, Maine. He knew how to handle men for detail work and was most popular when they were in action because of his own bravery.
But Archie showed his true worth at Xivary when he took the place of platoon sergeant Allen who was killed in this raid. He was a strict disciplinarian behind the lines but a true friend and helper of all men when in action.
On the morning of July 16, 1918, while directing the movements of his platoon at the railroad embarkment he was shot in the back by a sniper from behind the left flank. Lieutenant Fitzimmons, who was then Corporal under MacKenzie said: "Archie died the bravest of any man I ever saw. He just showed us young fellows how to die. We were just boys and knew how to fight, but when it came to being hurt we hadn't been taught how to stand it."
Sergeant McKenzie's mother said: "My Archie was all I had; he was a dear good boy and a true soldier. With all my sorrow I never forget to be proud of him."
Bio by: Jeff Zinsli
He also has a cenotaph in Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, USA.