Name:
Elden Sprague Betts
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-09
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
E
Row:
42
Grave:
16
Decoration:
Comments:
When Elden Sprague Betts was born on October 18, 1892, in Alton, Illinois, his father, Percy, was 38 and his mother, Flora, was 34. He had two sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a First Lieutenant in Machine Gun Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 9, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.