Name:
Anton H. Ecker
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-06
State:
North Dakota
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
D
Row:
30
Grave:
28
Decoration:
Comments:
When Anton H. Ecker was born in February 1886 in New Ulm, Minnesota, his father, Anton, was 42 and his mother, Welhelmina, was 36. He entered the military service in North Dakota and served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Corporal in Company E, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 6, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.