Lentz Albert J.

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Albert J. Lentz is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

1st Infantry Division Cantigny Stele

Name:

Albert J. Lentz

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-04-27

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania

Plot:

Section 8, Site #43

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Albert J. Lentz was born on October 11, 1895, son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Lentz served with the United States forces along the border during the Mexican trouble. He was one of the first men to enlist with the U.S. Regulars and went overseas in the fall of 1917, with a Provisional Battalion. Lentz was then assigned to Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, and was serving with this unit when killed on April 27, 1918, during heavy fight at Cantigny, France. He was 26 years of age and the first man from Adams County, Pa. killed in World War I. He is now buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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