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Bedell Samuel Holmes

Name:
Samuel Holmes Bedell
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-08
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York
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From findagrave.com:
"Bedell, Samuel Holmes
Army Serial Number 3,198,139
Residence 91 A Somers Street, Brooklyn, NY
Enlisted R.A. N.G. E.R.G.
Inducted at LB 82 New York, NY on May 29, 1918
Place of birth: Brooklyn, NY Age or date of birth: Oct. 2, 1888
Organizations served in, with dates of assignments and transfers:
17 Co 152 Dep Brig to June 21/18; Co G 303 Inf to Aug 5/18; Co A 162 Inf to AUg 15/18; Co L 18 Inf to death
Grades, with date of appointment: Prvt
Wounds or other injuries received in action: None.
Served overseas from July 7/18 death
Died of Pneumonia while a Prisoner in hands of the Enemy
Person notified of death: Miss Katherine Bedell (sister)
519 Bainbridge St. Brooklyn.
Remarks: Captured Oct 4-18 died while prisoner Oct 8-18."

His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but his surname is inscribed as Becjell.