The war record of the Fifth Company, New England Regiment, Second Plattsburg Training CampAnonymous
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The war record of the Fifth Company, New England Regiment, Second Plattsburg Training Camp
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Military Training Camp for Business and Professional Men (Plattsburgh, N.Y.); World War, 1914-1918 -- Registers
Commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Infantry, U. S. R., November 27, 1917.
Reported to Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, January 5, 1918. Sailed
overseas on SS Mongolia, January 15, landing at Liverpool, January
30. Sailed from Southampton, January 31, landing Le Havre, February
1. Attended 2nd Corps School (Tactical Course), Chatillon-sur-Seine,
February 5 to March 10. Assigned to Company L, 102nd Infantry,
26th Division. With this organization during its service in the
Toul Sector. In Aisne-Marne Offensive, 102nd Infantry, attacked
near Bouresches, July 19. During advance when company commander
was wounded Ryley assumed command but was himself instantly killed
shortly afterwards leading the company through heavy machine gun
fire. Ryley’s body was first buried where he fell and then reburied
in the American Cemetery at Belleau Woods. His remains were brought
back to this country and buried in the West Parish Cemetery, Andover,
Massachusetts, on September 8, 1921.
GEORGE A. ST. CLAIR
_Permanent Address_ 58 Eastern Avenue, Boston.
_Business Address_ Same.
_Present Occupation_ Clerk.
_Last heard from_ May, 1922.
Commissioned Provisional 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, November 27, 1917.
Sailed overseas, January 15, 1918, and landed at Liverpool, January
30. Landed at Le Havre, February 1. Attended 2nd Corps School at
Chatillon-sur-Seine, February 1 to March 10. Tour of observation
in the Verdun Sector with the French, March 11 to 24. Assigned to
18th Infantry, 1st Division, March 24, in the Montdidier Sector
opposite Cantigny, for three weeks. Returned to the United States as
instructor, May 15, 1918. Instructor at Infantry School of Arms, Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, June 14 to October 1. Instructor at Infantry School
of Arms, Camp Benning, Georgia, October 1, 1918 to July 15, 1919.
Discharged July 15, 1919.
RALPH SANBORN
_Permanent Address_ 37 Arlington Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
_Business Address_ 989 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.
_Present Occupation_ Advertising and Publicity work with Henshaw
Motor Company (Dodge Brothers).
_Last heard from_ May, 1922.
Commissioned Provisional 2nd Lieutenant, Infantry, November 27, 1917.
Attached to the 49th Infantry, Camp Merritt, New Jersey, December 20,
1917. Sailed overseas, July 18, landing July 30. Assigned to duty in
the Advance Section S. O. S. as Assistant Zone Major at Chablis,
August 6. Transferred to Montigny-le-Roi, October 27. Returned
to United States, April 15, 1919, arriving at New York, May 14.
Discharged at Camp Devens, May 22, 1919.
L. B. SARGENT
_Pre-war Address_ 915 Aldus Street, New York City.
_Last heard from_ Plattsburg, 1917.
LAWTON GRISWOLD SARGENT
_Permanent Address_ 457 Humphrey Street, New Haven, Connecticut.
_Business Address_ Sargent & Company, New Haven, Connecticut.
_Present Occupation_ Hardware Manufacturers.
_Last heard from_ May, 1922.
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