Americans at Courneau Cemetery Info Board- WW1
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Details:
On the north side of the road next to the American temporary cemetery marker.
Marker
A standing information board in a thick wooden frame supported by 2 wooden beams listing the names, service numbers, and death dates of the American soldiers who died during World War I in the hospital of the former military camp of Courneau. The information board is printed in colors and is inscribed in French in white lettering. Although 87 Americans died, only 79 are listed on the info board.
In 1914, as World War I raged in Europe, France sought reinforcements from its colonies, notably Senegal. To accommodate the Senegalese infantrymen, two transit camps were established: one in Fréjus on the Mediterranean coast and the other at Camp du Courneau, situated on newly-irrigated marshland between La Teste and Cazaux. The Courneau camp housed an estimated 27,000 to 40,000 Senegalese soldiers who had arrived in Bordeaux by boat and were then transported by rail to the camp. The camp's rudimentary conditions and poor hygiene led to the deaths of 940 soldiers, making them victims of illness rather than direct combat on the frontline.
In January 1918, the camp was transferred to US forces, who had joined allied operations six months earlier. They demanded the departure of the Russians and set about improving conditions on the site, which became known as Camp Hunt and was mainly used for artillery practice by the 165th and then 161st Field Artillery brigades.
They too lost several men through accidents and illness. 87 bodies were buried on a plot of land just yards away from the Natus grave of the Senegalese and Russian troops. After the Second World War, the remains of those US troops were transferred either back to the States or to the American military cemetery in Suresnes near Paris.
Source of information: invisiblebordeaux.blogspot.com
Source of photo: www.google.com/maps
Monument Text:
LES AMÉRICAINS AU COURNEAU
Les États-Unis entrent en guerre auprés des Alliés le 6 avril 1917. Le 13 juin, le général Pershing débarque à Boulogne avec un premier contingent. Les premiers arrivages de troupes se font à Saint-Nazaire, à partir du 26 juin. L'année suivante, est installé un camp d'artillerie au Courneau. Les brigades (165e, 161e...) s'y succédent de juillet à décembre 1918. Ce camp compte jusqu'à 15 000 Américains; 87 d'entre-deux y meurent, pour la plupart de maladie (pneumonie, grippe espagnole) dans l'hôpital situé à l'intérieur du camp. Ils sont tout d'abord inhumés dans le cimetiére du Natus (créé le 15 février 1918) avant d'être rapatriés, au tout début des années 1920, aux États-Unis pour 66 d'entre-deux, ou ré-inhumés au cimetiére américain de Suresne.
1st Column:
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BARRS |
Henry |
3280412 |
21/09/18 |
|
BOOTH |
Clarence |
2690072 |
9/09/18 |
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BOWEN |
Robert |
2998092 |
9/10/18 |
|
BRANNING |
James M |
3280431 |
28/09/18 |
|
BREHM |
Harvey J |
4126376 |
6/10/18 |
|
BRINNISHOLTZ |
Joseph |
1210122 |
26/10/18 |
|
BROWN |
Percy C |
|
26/09/18 |
|
BROWNING |
Homer F |
3280434 |
24/09/18 |
|
BUCHANAN |
Benjamin P |
4297566 |
1/01/19 |
|
BUDELMAN |
Alfred C |
3282219 |
1/10/18 |
|
BURMEISTER |
August W |
2856093 |
9/06/18 |
|
BURR |
Alexander |
|
12/10/18 |
|
BUTLER |
Jone A |
2243861 |
29/08/18 |
|
CAIN |
John G |
3280793 |
22/09/18 |
|
CHRISTOPHERSON |
Earl O |
3337373 |
11/10/18 |
|
CLARK |
Misseldine |
3280450 |
25/09/18 |
|
CODEMAN |
Joseph A |
1757436 |
27/11/18 |
|
COLLINS |
Wesley J |
2915167 |
6/10/18 |
|
DAVIS |
Daniel F |
388520 |
3/10/18 |
|
DAVIS |
Paul C |
175218 |
6/05/18 |
|
DESGRANGES |
Carl C |
4122937 |
27/09/18 |
|
DURHAM |
Roy O |
1081959 |
25/09/18 |
|
GIERTZ |
Elmer A.H |
3282317 |
28/09/18 |
|
GLADDEN |
Mendel |
4122190 |
28/10/18 |
|
GRACE |
Robert R |
2233114 |
7/09/18 |
|
GRIFFIN |
Henry L |
2997465 |
2/10/18 |
|
GUESE |
Frederick W |
|
27/09/18 |
|
GUTH |
William H |
4122829 |
27/09/18 |
|
HELLMUTH |
Christopher |
3282333 |
18/09/18 |
|
HOLMES |
Franklin M |
1637039 |
25/09/18 |
|
HURVITCH |
Joseph |
2107502 |
25/10/18 |
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JOHNSON |
Isiah |
4133429 |
6/11/18 |
|
KENT |
Franck J |
2946392 |
1/11/18 |
|
KIGHT |
Davis J |
3290855 |
30/09/18 |
|
KILMER |
Leland A |
383947 |
1/10/18 |
|
KINSELLA |
Thomas F |
3338352 |
20/10/18 |
|
KOCI |
John J |
3753687 |
17/10/18 |
|
LARSON |
Fred J |
3334363 |
17/10/18 |
|
LEE |
Franck |
2083807 |
24/10/18 |
|
LEVER |
Henry E |
2997493 |
23/09/18 |
2nd Column:
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LEWIS |
Roy S |
4123409 |
22/09/18 |
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LOFGREN |
Ralph |
3339033 |
15/11/18 |
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LUCAS |
Charles A |
212209 |
1/12/18 |
|
McCRAW |
Carson D |
4125426 |
24/10/18 |
|
MALPASS |
Willie F |
2993392 |
25/09/18 |
|
MEEKER |
Alward W |
386645 |
26/11/18 |
|
MESSNER |
Forest G |
4124745 |
24/10/18 |
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MILLER |
Charles A |
3284263 |
5/10/18 |
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MOODY |
Enoch |
3278372 |
7/10/18 |
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MORGANE |
James E |
3278382 |
1/10/18 |
|
MORROW |
Byron |
1253320 |
25/09/18 |
|
MYERS |
Matt F A |
1291625 |
30/09/18 |
|
NEWTON |
Fred P |
4122611 |
24/09/18 |
|
NORRIS |
William A |
3280883 |
30/09/18 |
|
O’CONNELL |
Dennis F |
389570 |
6/02/18 |
|
OLSON |
John Tim |
3339205 |
13/10/18 |
|
PETERSON |
Carl O |
1173445 |
5/09/18 |
|
PIERCE |
James A |
160289 |
30/10/18 |
|
RABB |
Lazarus B |
3006303 |
14/12/18 |
|
REYNOLDS |
James C |
3285238 |
23/09/18 |
|
RHYNE |
Ralph O |
3279727 |
29/09/18 |
|
RIDDLE |
Martin H |
4121831 |
2/10/18 |
|
ROBINSON |
Joseph H |
4125612 |
29/10/18 |
|
ROLAND |
Lawrence |
2998276 |
24/09/18 |
|
ROMLENALLE |
Gabriele |
3358953 |
17/10/18 |
|
ROYAL |
Clifford B |
2999060 |
8/10/18 |
|
SAINTSING |
Vance H |
1893980 |
24/09/18 |
|
SANFORD |
Daniel F |
3285088 |
26/09/18 |
|
SARGENT |
Roland H |
371825 |
2/12/18 |
|
SAUER |
Art M |
3336933 |
17/10/18 |
|
SENGBUSCH |
George H |
3334676 |
15/10/18 |
|
SICKMILLER |
John Jr |
4122993 |
20/09/18 |
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SLADE |
John P |
|
17/09/18 |
|
ZAJICEK |
Charles |
3522519 |
14/12/18 |
|
HAGADORN |
Lalened |
|
23/02/18 |
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NIMOCKS ou NILLOCKS |
Robert G |
|
2/09/18 |
|
NOHUE |
John Don |
|
26/06/18 |
|
PETERSEN |
William B |
|
3/07/18 |
|
WHYTE |
William |
|
21/03/18 |
Liste établie par M. Robert AUFAN
English translation:
THE AMERICANS AT THE COURNEAU
The United States entered the war with the Allies on April 6, 1917. On June 13, General Pershing landed at Boulogne with a first contingent. The first troops arrived in Saint-Nazaire on June 26. The following year, an artillery camp was set up at Le Courneau. Brigades (165th, 161st...) were stationed there from July to December 1918. The camp housed up to 15,000 Americans; 87 of them died, mostly of illness (pneumonia, Spanish flu) in the hospital inside the camp. They were initially buried in the Natus cemetery (created on February 15, 1918), before being repatriated to the United States in the early 1920s for 66 of them, or re-interred at the Suresne American cemetery.
List established by Mr. Robert AUFAN
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
121st Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Division
12th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division
143rd Field Artillery Regiment
156th Depot Brigade
20th Aero Squadron
20th Engineer Regiment
28th Infantry Division
311th Ammunition Trains, 86th Division
31st Aero Squadron
332nd Field Artillery Regiment, 86th Division
333rd Field Artillery Battalion
338th Field Artillery Regiment, 86th Division
345th Field Artillery Battalion, 90th Infantry Division
348th Infantry Regiment, 87th Division
3rd Aviation Instruction Center
41st Infantry Division
6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
86th Infantry Division
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Field Artillery Corps
Field Artillery Replacement Regiment, 41st Division
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Reserve Corps
United States Air Force
United States Army
US Army Air Service
Wars:
WWI
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