ISOB Martin Foy -55th Engineers
Details:
In the family plot in the cemetery.
A standard upright US Military white inscribed gravestone.
The Isolated Burial of Corporal Martin J. Foy who died of wounds received while serving in Company B of the 55th Engineer Regiment (Railway Construction) in France during WW1. Foy immigrated to the US in 1913 aboard the US Olympic and joined the US Army in 1917. He died in Camp Hospital 61, Poitiers, France and his remains returned to Ireland in 1922 on the SS Millwater.
Source: https://ww2irishaviation.com/jpquinlan/irishdoughboys.htm
Monument Text:
MARTIN J
FOY
CPL
55TH ENGINEERS
WORLD WAR 1
APRIL 25, 1894
APRIL 7, 1919
KILLED IN ACTION
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
55th Engineers
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Wars:
WWI
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