Lightner George Michael

Monuments

First Division Monument (Soissons)

Name:

George Michael Lightner

Rank:

Corporal

Serial Number:

Unit:

26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-07-20

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

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Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

George Michael Lightner was born on December 22, 1897 in York, York County, Pennsylvania. His father is Nathan Alonzo and his mother is Amanda J. He had 5 siblings. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Corporal in Company K, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action but declared "Missing" on July 20, 1918 and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France. He also has a cenotaph in Mount Zion Cemetery, Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, USA.