Name:
Louis Goldstein
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-05-28
State:
Alabama
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
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When Louis Goldstein was born in August 1897 in Memphis, Tennessee, his father, Samuel, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 22. He had two brothers and six sisters. Louis went to Sheffield public schools to the 4th grade. He worked at Sheffield King Stove and Range for 2 years. He entered the military service in Alabama. He volunteered when quite young, served on the Mexican border, and went to France. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company I, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was declared "Missing in Action" on May 28, 1918 and is commemorated on Tablets of the Missing, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France. His name is also inscribed on a memorial located in Colbert County in Alabama.