Hosford William Henry

Monuments

First Division Monument (Soissons)

Name:

William Henry Hosford

Rank:

Private

Serial Number:

Unit:

28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-07-18

State:

Wisconsin

Cemetery:

Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

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Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

When William Henry Hosford was born on December 19, 1895, in Menomonie, Wisconsin, his father, Alexander, was 44 and his mother, Thea, was 35. He had eight siblings. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company I, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died from his wounds received in battle but declared "Missing" on July 18, 1918 and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France.