ISOB Roger Sherman Dix Jr. -US Army Air Service, WW1
Details:
In the cemetery.
A rectangular headstone adorned with a golden palm frond is complemented by a Latin cross standing behind it and a metallic plaque at the foot of the grave, honoring Lieutenant Roger Sherman Dix Jr..
LT Dix was a student at Harvard when he left for France in 1917 to serve in the American Field Service in the Verdun Sector. He later transferred to the US Army Air Service and was killed on his last training flight in May 1918 at a nearby airfield.
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https://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/afshist/Mem3.htm
Monument Text:
On the cross text:
ROGER SHERMAN DIX
J.R. 2. LIEUTENANT
15 MAI 1918 – 22 ANS
Upper marker text:
À
LA MÉMOIRE
DU LIEUTENANT AMÉRICAIN
ROGER DIX
MORT POUR LA FRANCE
LE 15 MAI 1918
English translation:
IN MEMORY
OF THE AMERICAN LIEUTENANT
ROGER DIX
DIED FOR FRANCE
ON MAY 15, 1918
Lower marker text:
SOUVENIR DES AVIATEURS GRECS
À LA MÉMOIRE DE LEUR CAMARADE AMÉRICAIN
English translation:
IN REMEMBRANCE FROM THE GREEK AIRMEN
TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR AMERICAN COMRADE
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
American Field Service
American Volunteer Group
United States Army
US Army Air Service
US Army Aviation Signal Corps
Wars:
WWI
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