Newlin John Verplanck

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John Verplanck Newlin is honored on the following 2 monument(s) in our database:

Princeton Memorial -WW1

Fleury-sur-Aire Medical Memorial

Name:

John Verplanck Newlin

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

American Field Service

Date of Death:

1917-05-08

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France

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Decoration:

Croix de Guerre (France)

Comments:

John Verplanck �Jack� Newlin was born on May 16, 1896, in Ardmore, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Richard Marshall Newlin and Alice Edith Eisenbrey Newlin.

John was educated at Haverford School, PA, and Princeton University, class of 1919. He left Princeton as a Volunteer, joining the American Field (Ambulance) Service on May 26, 1917. He was attached to Section 29 of the unit.

On August 4, 1917, he was starting his car when a shell landed near the dugout, wounding him severely. He died of wounds near midnight the next day after receiving his Croix de Guerre.

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