PVT Michael Holmes Cenotaph -42nd 'Rainbow' Division, WW1
Details:
In the churchyard near the adjacent to the family plot.
A standard Veterans Affairs brass inscribed flat grave marker.
The cenotaph remembers Private Michael Kern Holmes an Irish born soldier who fell on October 27, 1918 in World War 1 in France while serving with the 165th Infantry Regiment (aka "Fighting 69th") of the 42nd Infantry "Rainbow" Division.
PVT Holmes is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Meuse-Argonne Cemetery and Memorial in France.
Monument Text:
IN MEMORY OF
MICHAEL K. HOLMES
PVT 165TH INF REGT 42 DIV
WORLD WAR 1
10 SEPT 1892 27 OCT 1918
PURPLE HEART
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division
42nd (Rainbow) Division
42nd Infantry Division
69th Infantry
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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