Dillavou Joy W.

Monuments

First Division Monument (Soissons)

Name:

Joy W. Dillavou

Rank:

Mechanic

Serial Number:

Unit:

16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-07-19

State:

Iowa

Cemetery:

Aisne-Marne American Cem., Belleau, France

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Comments:

When Joy W. Dillavou was born on June 9, 1893, his father, George, was 42, and his mother, Charlotte, was 40. He had four brothers and four sisters. He entered the military service in Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Mechanic in Company I, 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 R W DILAVOU.