Albert J. Lentz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Lentz served with the United States forces along the border during the Mexican trouble. He was one of the first men to enlist with the U.S. Regulars and went overseas in the fall of 1917, with a provisional battalion. Lentz was then assigned to Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, and was serving with this unit when killed April 20th, 1918, durning heavy fighting at Cantigney, France. He was 26 years of age and the first man from Adams County, Pa. killed in World War I. Albert J. Lentz is buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
Albert J. Lentz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Israel Lentz served with the United States forces along the border during the Mexican trouble. He was one of the first men to enlist with the U.S. Regulars and went overseas in the fall of 1917, with a provisional battalion. Lentz was then assigned to Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry, 1st Division, and was serving with this unit when killed April 20th, 1918, durning heavy fighting at Cantigney, France. He was 26 years of age and the first man from Adams County, Pa. killed in World War I. Albert J. Lentz is buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
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ALBERT J. PVT. HDQ. CO. 18th INFANTRY 1 DIV. BORN IN GETTYSBURG OCT. 11th 1895 KILLED IN ACTION AT CANTIGNY FRANCE APRIL 27, 1918. THE FIRST GETTYSBURG BOY TO MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE WORLD WAR
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