Name:
William Miller Van Fossen
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
2nd Field Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-05-01
State:
Montana
Cemetery:
Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
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Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
William Miller Van Fossan entered the military service in Montana. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company C, 2nd Field Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He was declared "Missing in Action" on May 1, 1918 and is commemorated on Tablets of the Missing, Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France. His name is inscribed on the Cantigny monument as PVT W M VAN FOSSEN.