Name:
Nick Pontelich
Rank:
Clerk
Serial Number:
Unit:
5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-05
State:
Missouri
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
B
Row:
23
Grave:
22
Decoration:
Comments:
Nick Pontelich entered the military service in Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Clerk in Battery A, 5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Division. He was Killed in Action on October 5, 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 his surname is inscribed as Pontilick.