Cantigny Battle Toll Hits New England Troops
The 101st Infantry and related units bore heavy losses on May 27 during the Cantigny offensive. Private Ernest M. Clark was killed in action. Private Vincent J. Cuttillo and Private John Caputo were among those killed or severely wounded. Several other soldiers including Private James J. Hickey, Sergeant Thomas J. Kirk, and Private John Kane were listed as wounded or missing, with multiple families notified in Charlestown and Dorchester as correspondences recounted the day’s brutal fighting.
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Cantigny
Germany
New England
101St Infantry
Greater Boston
1101St Infantry
Antigny
101St Regiment
102D
104Th
Old Fifth Infantry
Charlestown
James J. Hickey
Bunker Hill
Ernest M. Clark
Perkins Street
Fifth Infantry
101St
Benjamin F. Smith
France
D Company
M Company
Maine Regiment
Overseas” Service
Herbert J. Smith
Vincent J. Cuttillo
Noyes Place
North End
Cuttillo
St. Mary’s School
Edward F. A. Golden
Ellen Golden
Sudan Street
Dorchester
Old Ninth
William Golden
John Caputo
North Street
Italy
Boston
John Todd
Mary Ross
Summer Street
New Bedford
Prigate Jerome J. Crowley
11St Infantry
Asylum Street
South End
Thomas J. Kirk
Central Avenue
Medford
Mary Kirk
South Boston
Boston Elevated
Kirk
Thomas J. Lee
James F. Ferris
Melrose Street
Julia Ferris
List Infantry
John Kane
Seneca Street
William J. White
Prospect Street
Cambridge
Old Massachusetts Signal
War casualty list from multiple locations and ranks
Privates John Ferguson Stornoway Scotland John Fleming Kansas City Frank Mattern Mobridge 8 D Emilio Mori Fornavolesca Italy Edward J Stein Evanston Ind Lieutenant Elmer D Mackay McKeesport Pa Sergeant Thomas J Kirt Medford Mass Privates Henry Halas Detroit William Hooke Brooklyn Frisoner previously missing Private Edward M Roberts Iroquois 8 D Killed in action previously wounded Private Frank W Ferraro Farry street Middletown Conn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ferguson
Stornoway
Scotland
John Fleming
Kansas City
Frank Mattern
Mobridge
Emilio Mori
Fornavolesca
Italy
Edward J. Stein
Evanston
Ind
Elmer D. Mackay
McKeesport
Thomas J. Kirt
Medford
Mass
Henry Halas
Detroit
William Hooke
Brooklyn
Frisoner
Edward M. Roberts
Iroquois
Frank W. Ferraro
Farry Street
Middletown
Conn
Casualty List Names War Dead and Wounded Soldiers
The casualty roll includes Sergeant Eugene C. McKibbin of Madison South Dakota and Corporal Doss B. Haas of Nashville Tennessee among listed soldiers. Privates Ole K. Arneson Brantford North Carolina Anthony C Caputo Creekside Pennsylvania Alexandre Cascallero Boston Ernest M. Clark Charlestown Massachusetts Vincent J. Cutillo Boston Frank Faffl Lamont Iowa Mike Grba Anacona Montana Theodore Hesse New Haven Connecticut Earl Hines Los Angeles John Augustus Kiley Buffalo New York Charles H. Lynch Winchester Massachusetts Charles W. Rupp Woburn Massachusetts John Sweeney Lawrence Massachusetts John A Woods Medford Massachusetts Sergeant Elijah F Pettis Gordon Alabama Corporal Charles R Simmons Sherman Texas Privates James Axxon Macon Georgia James F Carson Dutton Alabama Jerome J Crowley Boston George Friedl Fulton Illinois Burton Potter Orient New York Charles Sacchetti Pittsfield Massachusetts Clarence Santy Green Bay Wisconsin Benjamin E Smith Gardiner Maine James J Stanton Central Falls Rhode Island Corporal Robert I Morton Birmingham Alabama Privates William A Weinke Horicon Wisconsin William J White Cambridge Massachusetts Died of Disease Privates Barney Brymer St Louis Joe A Carbon Athens Georgia Carl F Greene Providence Ed Stegal Coweta Oklahoma
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene C. McKibbin
Madison
S. D
Doss B. Haas
Nashville
Elijah F. Pettis
Gordon
Ala
Charles R. Simmons
Sherman
Texas
James Axxon
Macon
James F. Carson
Dutton
Jerome J. Crowley
Asylum Street
Boston
George Friedl
Fulton, Ill
Burton Potter
Orient
N. Y
Charles Sacchetti
Circular Avenue
Pittsfield
Mass
Clarence Santy
Green
Wis
Benjamin E. Smith
Gardiner
James J. Stanton
Central Falls
Rete
Wounded Veterans Names Listed by States and Nations
A roster of wounded soldiers includes captains, sergeants, corporals, and privates from cities such as Philadelphia Indianapolis Marion Vincennes and Boston with entries listing their names and hometowns in Indiana Ohio Massachusetts New York Ireland and Finland among others. The list features ranks from captain to private and covers multiple counties and towns across the United States and abroad.
Boy Struck by Auto In Dorchester
Eight year old Mark S. Jackson of 31 Jenkins Street Dorchester is at Carney Hospital with a fractured skull after being hit shortly after 6 PM by a car driven by Frank Sorracco of 16 Wales Street. Police say the youth was playing along Old Colony Avenue near Dorchester Avenue and his condition is listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark S. Jackson
Jenkins Street
Dorchester
Carney Hospital
Frank Sorracco
Wales Street
Old Colony Avenue
Dorchester Avenue
New England Soldiers Listed Killed and Wounded in Action
Casualty list includes New England servicemen with ranks and hometowns across several units. Names include Cosscaleno Boston and Sweeney Lawrence among those killed or wounded, with others listed as missing or missing in action.
Germans Bomb British Red Cross Hospitals in France
German air raids against British Red Cross hospitals in France continued on Friday night, striking multiple facilities. The attacks damaged wards and an operating theatre, with several nurses and attendants killed or wounded, though casualties were lighter than the May 19 raid.
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France
Associated Press
Red Cross
Kaiser Visited Rheims Front Last Thursday
Amsterdam reports from Paul Rosner in the Lokal Anzeiger that Emperor William visited the German army north of Rheims last Thursday. He remained until evening, worked with individual commanders, and received battlefield reports.
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Amsterdam
Paul Rosner
Lokal Anzeiger
William
Rheims
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Ost
Charlestown Bay
Walnut Street
St. Mary’s
Western Union Telegraph Company
John A. Woods
George Street
William H. Woods
Everett
E Company
9Th Infantry
Allan J. Woods
Naval Reserve
Carl F. Greene
F Company
104Th Infantry
Susie Appeldt
Carl F. Grene
Old
Rhode Island Field Artillery
William B. Greene
Potter Avenue
Providence
Technical High School
Co-Ny
Stancano Oicoe Wy
R.A. White Co
R. H, WE
Worcester
Springfield
Vale
Aya Perey
Old Fighting Ninth
I Company
Iarlestown
1011St Infantry
of Chet
101St Signal Corps
Old Massachusetts Signal Corps
10St Infantry
Casualty
Robert I. Morton
Birmingham
William A. Weinke
Horicon
Barney Brymer
St. Louis
Joe A. Carbon
Athens
Ed Stegal
Coweta
Okla
Charles J. Biddle
Philadelphia
Carl G. Brown
Indianapolis
William Dowell
Carbon
Charles Hawkins
Marion
Mansfield G. Husbands
Harold A. McCoy
Winfield S. Orndorff
Vincennes
George E. Shank, Jr
Delbert R. Stump
Lake
Miss
Osborn Thompson
Salem
Harold C. Allery
Clarence O. Williams
Oakland City
John Wilson
Greenfield
Earl C. Bates
Columbus
Ohio
Axel N. Howall
South Duluth
Amandus Hunt
Chicago
Paul M. Jewell
East Bismarck
N. D
James O. Shea
Roslindale
Clarence T. Tanner
Lewiston
Cook Frank Elkman, Jr
Bjeineberg
Finland
Claude Allen
Austell
Cornwall
England
Thomas F. Walsh
Killstayne
Ireland
Dominick Zutski
Erie
Penn
Alexandre Cosscaleno
Salem St
A Co
Theodore Hesse
Poplar St
New Haven
D Co
John Sweeney
Oxford St
Lawrence
E Co
Asylum St
Circular Ave
F Co
Benjamin F.smith
Gardiner, Me
R. I
Old Mass
Signal Corps
Potter Ave
Sudan St
Dorchester, I Co
oRslindale
Melrose St
North St
Walter J. Dinnen
Revere
Edward J. Finlay
Seneca St
Frederick J. Mulhern
Roxbury
Thomas O'Dea
Albany St
Peter Schultz
N. 4Th St
Ansonia
John T. Todd
Summer St
Medford. Co
Inf
Kaiser
Rheims Front
Yee
Boylstoton St
Batiste
Billie Burke
Gavines
Jersey
Nainsook
SAN
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