Father Duffy's story : $b a tale of humor and heroism, of life and death with the Fighting Sixty-ninthDuffy, Francis Patrick
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Father Duffy's story : $b a tale of humor and heroism, of life and death with the Fighting Sixty-ninth
Duffy, Francis Patrick
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 165th; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
ST. MIHIEL Offensive, September 12 to September 16, 1918.
ESSEY and PANNES Sector. Woevre, September 17 to September 30, 1918.
ARGONNE-MEUSE OFFENSIVE, October 13 to October 31, 1918
ARGONNE-MEUSE OFFENSIVE LAST PHASE, November 5, to November 9,
1918.
LOSSES IN ACTION
Killed: 644 Wounded: 2,857. Total: 3,501.
Kilometers gained: 55.
Headquarters: 83 different places.
Number of days in contact with the enemy: 180.
LIST OF DECORATIONS[6]
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS WITH PALM
Colonel
William J. Donovan
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
Lieut.-Colonels
Timothy J. Moynahan
Charles A. Dravo
Majors
James A. McKenna (Deceased)
Michael A. Kelly
Thomas T. Reilley
Van S. Merle-Smith
Captains
Richard J. Ryan
Louis A. Stout
First Lieutenants
James B. McIntyre
William M. Spencer
John J. Williams
Second Lieutenants
Oliver Ames (Deceased)
James S. D. Burns (Deceased)
John J. Burke
Andrew Ellett
Chaplains
Francis P. Duffy
James M. Hanley
George R. Carpentier
Sergeants
Co. C, Joseph W. Burns
Co. A, John J. Dennelly
Co. D, Joseph J. Lynch
Co. C, Thomas P. O’Hagan
Co. D, John J. Gribbon
Co. B, Spiros Thomas
Co. H, Bernard Finnerty (Deceased)
Co. H, Eugene J. Sweeney
Co. A, Thomas J. Sweeney
Co. I, Michael A. Donaldson
Co. C, Thomas O’Kelly
Co. Hq., Thomas E. Fitzsimmons
Co. K, John J. McLoughlin
Co. M, John McLoughlin
Co. M, G. Frank Gardella (Deceased)
Co. M G, John F. Flint
Co. H, Martin J. Higgins
Co. San, Victor L. Eichorn
Co. M G, Peter Gillespie
Co. K, Edward J. Rooney
Co. I, Edward T. Shanahan
Co. K, Herbert A. McKenna
Co. D, Richard W. O’Neill
Co. C, Michael Ruane
Co. H, Dudley Winthrop
Co. A, Martin Gill
Co. A, Matthew Kane
Co. C, Archibald F. Reilly
Co. C, Harry C. Horgan
Co. H, Patrick Travers
Co. C, William McCarthy
Co. K, Peter J. Crotty (Deceased)
Co. H, William O’Neill (Deceased)
Co. C, Michael Cooney
Co. L, Michael Fitzpatrick
Co. D, Michael J. McAuliffe
Corporals
Co. C, Thomas F. O’Connor (Deceased)
Co. M G, William J. Murphy
Co. C, Frederick Craven
Co. D, William P. White
Co. E, Frederick Gluck (Deceased)
Co. K, Victor Van Yorx
Co. M, James E. Winestock
Co. C, John Hammond
Co. B, Matthew J. Brennan
Wagoner Supply Co.
Albert Richford
Privates
Co. K, William J. Bergen (Deceased)
Co. G, Edmund Riordan (Deceased)
Co. G, John McGeary (Deceased)
Co. M, Robert Riggsby
Co. D, Edward G. Coxe (Deceased)
Co. K, Burr Finkle
Co. H, Patrick Reynolds (Deceased)
Co. C, John Teevan
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
Chaplain
Francis P. Duffy
LEGION OF HONOR
Brigadier General
Frank R. McCoy
Colonel
William J. Donovan
Lieutenant Colonel
Timothy J. Moynahan
Major
Michael A. Kelly
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