Mahan Austin E.

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Austin E. Mahan is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

26th Division Tablets of the Fallen (WW1)

Name:

Austin E. Mahan

Rank:

Private

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102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Division

Date of Death:

1918-08-11

State:

Connecticut

Cemetery:

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France

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Austin E. Mahan was born on April 12, 1898, in Canton, Hartford County, Connecticut. He was the son of Peter Mahan and Fannie Austin Mahan. He enlisted in the Connecticut National Guard in July 1917, shortly after the United States entered the war. He served in the U.S. Army as a Private in the 102nd Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry "Yankee" Division. While serving in France, Mahan survived a severe gas attack during the German spring offensive in March 1918 and wrote home assuring his family that he was recovering and ready to return to duty. However, his military service ended tragically a few months later.

On August 17, 1918, while stationed near Ch�teau-Thierry, France, he was accidentally killed by a pistol bullet, not by enemy action. He died the following day, August 18, 1918, at just over twenty years of age. He is now buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France. His name is also listed on Canton Veterans Memorial in Canton, CT.

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