Name:
Joseph E. Coffey
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-08
State:
Pennsylvania
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
B
Row:
25
Grave:
12
Decoration:
Comments:
When Joseph E. Coffey was born in February 1888, his father, John, was 36 and his mother, Emma, was 31. He had four brothers and two sisters. He entered the military service in Pennsylvania and served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company C, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 8, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.