delta Posted 10 May , 2006 Share Posted 10 May , 2006 Died on 07.05.18. and buried at the Somme American Cemetery, France What can our American Pals tell us about him? Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Burns Posted 10 May , 2006 Share Posted 10 May , 2006 ABMC gives us: Christ Koth Mechanic, U.S. Army 1st Brigade Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Inf Division Entered the Service from: Minnesota Died: May 7, 1918 Buried at: Plot C Row 19 Grave 6 Somme American Cemetery Bony, France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Burns Posted 10 May , 2006 Share Posted 10 May , 2006 A little confusing, actually as the Machine Gun Battalion for the 1st Brigade was actually the Second, not First. Although the First MG Battalion was a component of the 1st Division. The 1st was in the Cantigny Section of the line from April 28- May 27th strengthening the line and raiding. The Division was under artillery fire for most of this time. During this time the First MG Btn suffered: 4 DOW, 13 KIA, 53 W. Above from the Summary of Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 11 May , 2006 Share Posted 11 May , 2006 From March 19th 1918 to 31st December 1918, a daily casualty report was usually released by the AEF, detailing known US casualties. The index can be found here. Christ Koth (unusual forename!) is reported KIA on the May 14th report, and is shown to be from Hersey, Wisconsin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta Posted 11 May , 2006 Author Share Posted 11 May , 2006 Thanks guys as good as ever Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andigger Posted 11 May , 2006 Share Posted 11 May , 2006 Christ Koth (unusual forename!) Yes as it appears it is unusual... however remember even today some forms limit the length of a first or last name to the first 6 or so letters. So Christians become Christ... same with Christine. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Burns Posted 11 May , 2006 Share Posted 11 May , 2006 From March 19th 1918 to 31st December 1918, a daily casualty report was usually released by the AEF, detailing known US casualties. The index can be found here. Christ Koth (unusual forename!) is reported KIA on the May 14th report, and is shown to be from Hersey, Wisconsin. Hi Stephen, I was unaware of this index, thank you for sharing! Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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