Doherty John Andrew

Name:

John Andrew Doherty

Rank:

First Lieutenant

Serial Number:

Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1918-07-18

State:

Massachusetts

Cemetery:

Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France

Plot:

C

Row:

13

Grave:

38

Decoration:

Comments:

When John Andrew Doherty was born on September 4, 1894, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, his father, Daniel, was 33 and his mother, Augusta, was 27. He is now buried in Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, Seringes-et- Nesles, France.

From Harvard's Military Record in the World War:
DOHERTY, JOHN AHDREW, A.B. '16. Entered Officer's Training Camp, Platteburg, N.Y., Aug. 1917; commissioned 1st lieutenant Infantry November 27; sailed for France January 12, 1918 as casual; assigned to Company L, 18th Infantry, Ist Division, March 25; killed in action July I8, 1918 near Soissons, France. Engagement: Cantigny, Noyon-Montdidier defensive, Chateau-Thierry.