ISOB Edward Morahan -5th Infantry Division, WW1
Details:
In the cemetery.
A private family gravestone with multiple names inscribed.
The Isolated Burial (ISOB) of Private Edward J. Morahan who was born in Ireland, immigrated to Boston and served in Company D, 60th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division. He was killed in action near the Bois des Rappes, France during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on October 14, 1918.
Monument Text:
The text related to Edward Morahan reads:
ERECTED BY:
WILLIAM MORAHAN
Dournane
IN LOVING MEMORY OF HIS SON EDWARD
WHO WAS KILLED IN THE GREAT WAR
ON 14TH OCT. 1918 AGED 28
REMAINS BROUGHT HERE FROM FRANCE
AND INTERRED HERE 24TH NOV. 1921
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
5th Infantry Division
60th Infantry Regiment
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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