ISOB George W. Drake - 37th Infantry Division, WW1
Details:
CWGC Cemetery Grave 40. Isolated Burial
A flat inscribed brownstone, not the typical CWGC headstone.
The Isolate Burial (ISOB) of Private George Wilbur Drake of the 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division who died from wounds received in combat.
A fellow solider of the 148th Infantry Regiment, Private Merwin H. Brewer, is also buried in this cemetery. Both men were from a regiment of the 37th Division, which was the Ohio National Guard division during the war. The division went over the top the first day of the Meuse-Argonne and was redeployed late in the war to Flanders, where these men likely received their fatal wounds.
Source of Information and photos:
http://www.worldwar1.com
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Monument Text:
GEORGE DRAKE
1543563
PTE. 148TH
US INFANTRY
BORN DAYTON
OHIO
DIED JAN 3, 1919
AGED 21 YEARS
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People:
Units:
148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
37th Infantry Division
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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