Name:
Sylvester Sanders
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
Unit:
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-07-19
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery, Nebraska
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Comments:
From July 29, 1921, Atkinson Graphic:
"Sylvester and Leo Sanders fell in action at the Battle of the Marne and on the same day July 19,1918. Sylvester was born Nov 1,1892 and Leo Feb 23,1894.
They enlisted at Omaha May 6,1917, were sworn in at Ft Logan, Colorado, entrained from El Paso, Tex June 1, for Hoboken and embarked for France June 12. The remains had been laid to rest in the American Cemetery at Ploisy, Aisne, France, but at the request of their mother were disinterred to be buried at home in the family burial plot in Ewing Cemetery."