Name:
Ernest T. Birch
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-19
State:
South Dakota
Cemetery:
Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
Ernest T. Birch entered the military service in South Dakota. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company E, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action but declared "Missing" on July 19, 1918 and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Belleau, France. His name is inscribed on the Buzancy monument as PVT E E BIRCH.