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Captain Cunningham Memorial

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On the left side of the road, 200m from the intersection. Marker The a stone tomb with two stone panels, one in English and the other in French, that was the previous isolated burial of Captain Oliver B. Cunningham.  The tomb now stands as a memorial to Captain Cunningham.  


Assigned as a liaison officer near the front with the 15th Field Artillery Regiment of the 2nd Division, Captain Oliver Baty Cunningham died on on the morning of September 17,1918, when a German shell hit their position killing all occupants.

A complete restoration of the monument was undertaken and the original plates were replaced.  The cost of the restoration was supported by Reseau Ferre de France, as compensation for the construction of the TGV Est.  The work was directed by Denis Mellinger.

Monument Text:

Left Panel:
La ville de Thiaucourt
in memory of 
Captain
Oliver B. Cunningham
Born at Chicago Illinois
United States of America
Killed
on the field of honor
for the deliverance
of french soil
on September 17
1918

Right Panel:
Reconnaissante
a la memoire
du Capitaine
Oliver Cunningham
ne a Chicago Illinois
Etats Unis d'Amerique
Tombe
au champ d'honneur
pour la delivrance
du sol Francais
le 17 Septembre
1918

Commemorates:

People:

Oliver Baty Cunningham

Units:

15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Division

2nd Infantry Division

American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)

United States Army

Wars:

WWI

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