Name:
Lawrence C. Yerges
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
101st Machine Gun Battalion
Date of Death:
1918-10-24
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
Plot:
B
Row:
5
Grave:
6
Decoration:
Comments:
Lawrence C. Yerges was born in 1893 in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio. He enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1917 at Niantic, CT. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Corporal in the 101st Machine Gun Battalion, 26th Infantry Division. He died from his wounds received in battle on October 24, 1918 in France and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.