Monument Details

1st Infantry Division Cantigny Stele

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North of D26, in the center of a road triangle. (The monument was previously located east of Cantigny on D26; it was moved in 2018 to the present location) Monument

A square light pillar, on top of which is a stone eagle (sculpted by Jo Davidson) and on its sides are four bronze tablets with the names of all 1st Infantry Division soldiers killed or wounded during this battle.

The 1st Infantry Division Association contracted and maintains Five World War I and Five World War II all located in Europe. The Cantigny monument commemorates the casualties in the “first American attack of World War I” where 199 First Division soldiers were killed and another 867 wounded.

Monument Text:

The monument includes of the names 199 First Division soldiers killed and 867 wounded during the battle.

Commemorates:

People:

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Joseph E. Hadfield

William H. Hammet

Frank Sidney Hanf

Herman W. Hansen

Arthur C. Hanson

Ruben B. Harelson

Leon "Leo" Haremza

Ottis T. Harmon

William H., Jr. Harris

Forest H. Harrison

Charles H. Harsch

James W. Harvey

Willard H. Hasey

Clarence C. Hawkins

Ira Archie "Archie" Hawley

George Guest Haydock

Charles Heckelman

Harry D. Heimbach

Henry George Herbon

Garner M. Herring

Henry J. Hessen

Albert D. Heyde

George W., Jr. Hill

Gustave Hillert

Earl Honest Hines

Roy N. Hockenberry

Charles Hoffman

Units:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

1st Ammunition Trains, 1st Infantry Division

1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division

1st Engineer Combat Battalion, 1st Infantry Division

1st Infantry Division

1st Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division

1st Sanitary Trains, 1st Infantry Division

26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

2nd Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Infantry Division

5th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

6th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

7th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry Division

United States Army

Wars:

WWI

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