Monument Details

Three Harvard Americans (KIA, WW1)

Details:

On the outside wall of the town church behind the town war memorial.

Monument
The marble wall of an old livestock watering trough inscribed with the names of three Americans from Boston who died for freedom. They were all students at Harvard (University) College: Robert Fitzgerald Clark (Class of 1920); Charles Henry Fiske (Class of 1919); and Aaron Davis Weld (Class of 1918).

From Muese-argonne.com: The three men were close friends throughout their childhood and into college, as were their respective families. All three participated in ROTC at Harvard and left before graduation to enter the military. The first to die was Ens. Robert F. Clark, killed in a seaplane accident near Brest. The next to fall was 2nd Lt Charles H. Fiske III. He was severely wounded by a shell fragment near Fismette and died a few days later at Base Hospital 3 in Paris. Finally, 1st Lt. Aaron D. Weld was killed leading his platoon on the northern edge of the Bois de Cunel during the push against the Kreimheld Stellung. The families decided to commission the memorial fountain and chose Cunel because Lt. Weld was the last to die, and he died very nearby. All three men were awarded "War Degrees" from Harvard that corresponds with the year they would have graduated.

Monument Text:

In Memoriam

Robert Fitzgerald Clark

Ensign, USNRF Aviation

Boston September 13, 1898, France August 21, 1918

Charles Henry Fisk III

2nd Lieutenant, 111th Infantry, 28th Division USA

Boston, December 3, 1896, France, August 24, 1918

Aaron Davis Weld

1st Lieutenant, 7th Infantry, 3rd Division USA

Boston September 21, 1896, France, October 11, 1918

Trois Citoyens Americains Mort Pour la Liberty

(Three American Citizens who died for Liberty)

Commemorates:

People:

Robert Fitzgerald Clark

Charles Henry III Fiske

Aaron Davis Weld

Units:

111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division

28th Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Division

7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

American Field Service

Naval Aviation

United States Army

United States Naval Reserve

United States Navy

Wars:

WWI

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