Name:
Oliver H. Downs
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-09
State:
Maine
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cem., Arlington, Virginia
Plot:
Section 18 Site 3831
Row:
Grave:
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Comments:
When Oliver H. Downs was born on March 17, 1895, in Frankfort, Maine, his father, Fred, was 27 and his mother, Emma, was 28. He had four brothers and two sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Machine Gun Company, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 9, 1918 and is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.