Guest Pete Wood Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Pte John J. FARRELL, 312th Engineer Regt, US Army, who died on 26.02.18. Buried in Suresnes American Cemetery, France. I'm ashamed to say that I don't know how to research a USA WW1 soldier. I would appreciate any advice on rectifying this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Okay, I found this info at American Battle Monuments Commission and their WW1 Honour Roll. Private, U.S. Army 312th Engineer Regiment, 87th Infantry Division Entered the Service from: Massachusetts Died: February 26, 1918 Buried at: Plot A Row 05 Grave 03 Suresnes American Cemetery Suresnes, France At least I now know from which state he came. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Ok, so to what unit was he attached in February 1918 when he died? French? British? Some US Engineers were attached to both for training. 87th Division info here http://www.ls.net/~newriver/ww1/80div.htm .................Organized at Camp Pike, Ark., in Sept., 1917. This division was composed of drafted men from Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. It remained in training at Camp Pike until June, 1918, when it was sent to Camp Dix, N. J. The first units embarked for overseas on Aug. 23rd and the last units arrived in France on Sept. 13th. Upon arrival in France the division was turned over to the Service of Supply and ordered to Pons (Charente-Inferieure) where it was broken up and the units placed on various work in the intermediate section. The cadres of the division returned to the U.S. in Dec., 1918. Aye Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeff Floyd Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Pvt Farrell actually died on 26 February 1919 at Base Hospital 21. He's listed as dying of disease. He joined the Army 27 June 1918, was asigned to Company A, 312th Engineers, 87th Division (overseas from 24 August 1918). He was born 8 July 1899, in Salem, Massachusetts. Several states published rolls of their WWI veterans. Massachusetts only published a roll of its casualties, but many of these have fairly detailed service records (more commonly, they just have enlistment data, units and next-of-kin data. The www.ABMC.gov site lists those men who were buried overseas, so does not give a full roll of those who died of disease or accident, died in the US, or those few who were shipped home for burial (a very small number). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 26 February , 2004 Share Posted 26 February , 2004 Suresnes Cemetery http://www.abmc.gov/su.htm ABMC WW1 Honor Roll http://www.abmc.gov/searchw.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROONAERT Posted 27 February , 2004 Share Posted 27 February , 2004 A little extra... he's listed as having enlisted in Lynn, Mass. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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