Guy Agostini was born in 1893 and was from Detroit Michigan and served with the French Foriegn Legion. He enlisted in 1916 as Guido Hector Agostini arriving form Tarragon, Spain. We was killed near Verdun in August 1917 in close combat.
A comrade commented:"France could know of the gallant death of Agostini. He was a quiet and most worthy youth. His prophecy on receiving the Croix de Guerre after Auberive was: "My next cross will be a wooden one." He was a pure idealist and a brave soldier.'
Source:American fighters in the Foreign legion, 1914-1918 by Paul Ayres Rockwell
Guido Hector AGOSTINI
Mort pour la France le 31-08-1917 (Cumières, 55 - Meuse)
Né(e) le/en 09-12-1893 à Tarragone (Espagne)
Career:
Rank: caporal
Unit: 1 R.M.L.E.
Class:1916
Recruitment office: Marseille (13 - Bouches-du-Rhône)
Recruitment roll number: 67
Reference:Mort pour la France
Sépulture:
Place of burial: Chattancourt (Meuse)
Name of burial site: Nécropole Nationale 'CHATTANCOURT'
Type of burial: tombe individuelle
Number of grave:1628
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Agostini Guy (Guido Hector)
Name:
Guy (Guido Hector) Agostini
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
French Foreign Legion
Date of Death:
1917-08-31
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
Nécropole Nationale 'CHATTANCOURT' (France)
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
1628
Decoration:
Legion of Honor and the Medaille Militaire (French)
Comments: