138th Infantry Regiment (Company K), 35th Infantry Division Fallen Plaque
Details:
Inside the church in the entryway mounted on the wall. Plaque
A white marble inscribed plaque with gold lettering about 3 ft by 2 ft.
The plaque remembers the dead of Company K,138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division who died in the fighting around Vauquois in September 1918 during the initial phases Meuse-Argonne offensive. The 35thInfantry Division liberated the town of Vauquois on September 26, 1918. Vauquois was a hilltop town with great strategic importance which witnessed after years of intense fighting, much of it “mine warfare”.
The plaque was dedicated in 1973 by fellow members of Company K.
Monument Text:
CHEPPY | K COMPANY
| VERY |
35TH DIVISION
138TH U.S. INFANTRY
DIED HERE IN BATTLE IN SEPT. 1918
Lt. A. Hamilton | Pvt. P. Andreoletti |
1st Sgt F. Worthy | Pvt P. Andrews |
Sgt. C. Kuntz | Pvt. E. Comiskey |
Cpt L. Goff | Pvt. L. Cole |
Cpl. H. Worthy | Pvt. E. Kirchoff |
Pvt. K. Brady | Pvt. G. Knapp |
Pvt. E. Passek |
THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED BY THE SURVIVORS OF COMPANY K, JULY 1973
Lt. K. Sewell | Pvt. G. Wostenholm |
Lt. W. Sutherland | Pvt. F. Cunningham |
Sgt. A. Maguolo | Pvt. E. Bredenbeck |
Sgt. G. Washausen | Pvt. B. Oswitz |
Sgt. J. Stewart | Pvt. A. Dangos |
Sgt J. Fitzgerald | Pvt. W. Olendorph |
Cpl D. Kennedy | Pvt. W. Greenberg |
Cpl J. Lamm | Pvt. L. Tighe |
Cpl C. Piper | Pvt. B. Riechmann |
Cpl. R. Strother | Pvt. B. Freese |
Cpl. F. Link | Pvt. J. Franklin |
Cpl. J. Brady | Pvt. O. Enselman |
Pvt. J. Grimm | Pvt. E. Kohl |
VAUQUOIS |
(35th Infantry Division Insignia)
| MOUNTFAUCON |
The words Meuse and Argonne written down the sides.
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
138th Infantry Regiment, 35th Infantry Division
35th Infantry Division
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
Wars:
WWI
Battles:
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
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