Layser Horace L.

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Horace L. Layser is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

First Division Monument (Soissons)

Name:

Horace L. Layser

Rank:

Private

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Unit:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-07-18

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France

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When Horace S. Layser was born on August 9, 1900, his father, Jonathan, was 25 and his mother, Polly, was 22. He lost his mother when he was only 4 years old. He had two brothers and one sister. He entered the military service in Pennsylvania. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Company A, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on July 18, 1918 and is now buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France.