Aviator who died near the town of Pournoy-la-Chétive and is memorialized there. He also has a cenotaph located in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

From Find a Grave:
He attended Harvard University, class of 1916. He was editor on the Harvard Crimson daily, ca 1914. Enlisted as PFC Aviation Sect, Signal Corps on Jun 1917. He was detailed to School of Military Aeronautics, M.I.T., Aug 20th. He sailed to France Oct 26, then was assigned to 3rd Aviation Instruction Center. Commissioned 1st lieutenant, Air Service, Military Aeronautics May 13, 1918. Assigned to 13th Aero Squadron, 2nd Pursuit Group, July 26th; Killed in Action Sept. 16, 1918 over Metz, France. Participated in Saint-Mihiel offensive; officially credited with destruction of three enemy planes. Cited by General Pershing "For exceptionally meritorious and conspicuous services with the 13th Aero Squadron."* WWI 13th Aero Squadron His mother, Annette, is listed in the WWI Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1930, indicating that she was entitled to be sent his final resting place in Europe (though she did not state whether she desired to go or not). ____ *Info from "Harvard's Military Record in the World War."