Papka William August

Monuments

First Division Monument (Soissons)

Name:

William August Papka

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

Unit:

28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-07-21

State:

Indiana

Cemetery:

Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

When William Aaugust Papka was born on April 23, 1895, in Gary, Lake County, Indiana, his father, John, was 41 and his mother, Sophia, was 36. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company F, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was declared "Missing in Action" on July 21, 1918 and is commemorated on Tablets of the Missing, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France. His name is commemorated on the Buzancy monument in the MISSING IN ACTION section of the monument.