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
A. Andrews
Gerald Beekman
Harry P. Bruhn—KIA.
Thomas J. Berkley—Com.
J. T. Brooks—KIA.
Anthony J. Daly
Thomas J. Devine—Com.
Thomas F. Doherty
William A. Drake—KIA.
Victor M. Denis
Maurice Dunn
E. O. Ericksson—Com.
Paul R. Fay
John H. Flint
Frank Gardella—KIA.
J. J. Hagerty—Com.
Peter Gillespie
C. F. Hunt
J. R. Keller
L. Kerrigan
Ralph C. Ketchum—Com.
John Kilgannon
James E. Ledwith
Allen J. McBride—Com.
John J. McBride, 1st Sgt.
Harry J. McKelvey—Co. Clk.
John T. Malvey
T. J. Meredith
K. F. Morey
John Mulstein
Maurice M. O’Keefe
William Patterson
Sidney F. Ryan
William A. Sheppard, U. S. A., as Instructor
John J. Spillane
Joseph McCourt, 1st Sgt.
Frank Stevens
_Sergeants, San. Det._
Warren W. Lokker, Sgt. 1st Class
William Helgers, Sgt. 1st Class
Victor L. Eichorn
Arthur Firman
William F. Hayes
William J. Maher
Daniel McConlogue
William K. McGrath
Thomas V. Boland—Co. Clk.
FOOTNOTES:
[6] After the Champagne fight, by request of the French military
authorities, a number of officers and men were recommended for
decoration, including Major Anderson for the Legion of Honor. The
lists were lost while going through the French Army channels, but it
is still hoped that the honors will be granted.
[7] Deceased
[8] Deceased
[9] Abbreviations: KIA (Killed in action or died of wounds); A.C.S.
(sent to Army Candidates’ school); Com. (commissioned).
[10] Deceased
APPENDIX
IRISH NAMES
Since returning home I have read with great interest the unique
historical study of Mr. Michael J. O’Brien on the part played by the
Irish in the early history of the Colonies and particularly in the
Revolutionary War, founded on an exhaustive examination of Irish
names inscribed in army rosters and other records of the period. In
order to avoid the suspicion of over-playing his hand, Mr. O’Brien
had to confine himself to names like his own, which undeniably
indicate Irish birth or descent. He must have passed over many names
which are common in every group of Irish throughout the world.
If we take only the names which have become prominent in the recent
endeavors to establish the independence of Ireland—De Valera and
Marcoviecz do not sound particularly Irish (even the militant lady’s
maiden name of Gore-Booth does not much improve the matter); and
while Kelly, Ryan, Dunn and Duffy are to the manner born, there
was a time when Walsh, Pearse, and Plunkett were foreign names,
Norman or Danish; and Kent, McNeil and Griffiths might very well be
respectively English, Scotch or Welsh.
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