John Gilinsky Posted 25 July , 2008 Share Posted 25 July , 2008 Wagner, Private Alton D. Killed in action (early to mid- August 1918) Contact (August 1918) - Mrs. J.H. Wagner, Hewford County, Nova Scotia, CANADA Anything know anything more about this bluenoser? Thanks, John Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmania Posted 25 July , 2008 Share Posted 25 July , 2008 He was killed in action on the 20th July 1918 whilst serving with the 103rd Infantry of the 26th (Yankee) Division. He was the son of John H and Madie Wagner of Chesley Corner, Lunenburg Co. He was living in Rumford, Maine when on 5th June 1917 he enlisted in the National Guard in Augusta, Maine. He was a private in B Co, 2nd Infantry (103rd Infantry). He went overseas on the 27th September 1917. He is commemorated on the Tablet of the Missing at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 26 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2008 Carmania: Thanks so much for these details. What is your source(s)? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmania Posted 26 July , 2008 Share Posted 26 July , 2008 John The information came from: 1901 and 1911 Census of Canada Roster of Maine in the Military Service of the United States and Allies in the World War, 1917-1919 American Battle Monuments Commission website Aled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 26 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2008 Is the Roster of Maine in the war online at all or is it a contemporary immediate postwar honour roll produced by the state? John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmania Posted 27 July , 2008 Share Posted 27 July , 2008 It was published in two volumes in 1929 (Vol 1 A-M & Vol 2 N-Z) but it is also available online at Ancestry and to members of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Aled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilinsky Posted 27 July , 2008 Author Share Posted 27 July , 2008 Thanks again. Just another poignant reminder how truly international the GWF really is. Postwar the Dept. of Soldier's Civil Re-establishment in Canada assigned a doctor to look after American cases solely. John Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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