Name:
Edgar L. Linder
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-03
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
B
Row:
44
Grave:
27
Decoration:
Comments:
When Edgar L. Linder was born on January 13, 1895, in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, his father, Roland, was 37 and his mother, Sarah, was 27. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company D, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 3, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but listed in Company B of his unit.