Lex Anteinternet: The first US Army ground casualties of World War One. November 3, 1917.

Friday, November 3, 2017

The first US Army ground casualties of World War One. November 3, 1917.

All three men were serving in the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, which had been rotated to the front for experience. The unit was the subject of a Bavarian trench raid which pitted a larger Bavarian force against the American one. In addition to the three men killed, twelve men were taken by the Germans as prisoners.

The men who lost their lives that day were:

Thomas Enright, Pennsylvania. Private. A professional soldier who had served in the cavalry and infantry with a brief break since 1909.

James Bethel Gresham. Indiana. Corporal He had been in the Army since 1914.

Merle David Hay. Iowa. Private. He had enlisted in the Army in May, 1917.

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