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Edwin Ellis Swain Squires

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Edwin Ellis Swain Squires

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
27 Sep 1918 (aged 26)
Champagne-Ardenne, France
Burial
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA Add to Map
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spouse:
Callie CASEY
birth: 1896
marriage: 10 June 1953
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Edwin was part of Battery B, the 119th Field Artillery, 32nd Division in the Battle of the Argonne Forest. He was killed in action on the 2nd day of General John Pershing's attack on the Germans, known as the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Edwin was one of approximately 117,000 Americans and 70,000 French soldiers that lost their lives in the offensive. That 47-day push was of major significance, and continued until the end of the war on November 11, 1918.
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spouse:
Callie CASEY
birth: 1896
marriage: 10 June 1953
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Edwin was part of Battery B, the 119th Field Artillery, 32nd Division in the Battle of the Argonne Forest. He was killed in action on the 2nd day of General John Pershing's attack on the Germans, known as the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Edwin was one of approximately 117,000 Americans and 70,000 French soldiers that lost their lives in the offensive. That 47-day push was of major significance, and continued until the end of the war on November 11, 1918.
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Note: The death date was September 27, 1918, not September 29.

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