Name:
James R. Dishong
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-06-06
State:
West Virginia
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
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Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
When James R. Dishong was born in June 1898 in West Virginia, his father, George, was 31 and his mother, Sarah, was 28. He had three brothers and four sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company H, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was declared "Missing in Action" on June 6, 1918 and is commemorated on Tablets of the Missing, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.