Entered military service from Louisiana.
Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Killed in Action.
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From the time the troops left the vicinity of MONTREUIL-aux-LIONS they had received no food and practically no water; they had had no sleep and had fought continuously since the beginning of operations. The losses in my regiment are not yet absolutely known but the strength of the regiment, according to the most accurate record I could secure, left me 37 officers and 1478 enlisted men in the infantry command, considerably less than fifty percent. The relief of the command was an absolute necessity and arrangements were made to accomplish this result. The relief occurred during the night of July 19/20 and terminated at about 2:00 A.M., when the last element of the 23rd Infantry passed my P.C. at VIERZY. My regiment moved by marching to CARREFOUR de MONTGOBERT, my former P.C., the last echelon arriving at about 7:00 A.M. Food was secured for the first time. The regiment remained in the eastern extremity of the FORET de RETZ until 1:00 P.M., when it marched to the CARREFOUR de NEMOURS, secured the packs and proceeded to VIVIERS. About 10:00 P.M, orders were received to march at once to ST. ETIENNE. The column cleared the road junction at VIVIERS about 12:30 A.M. and went into bivouac at ST. ETIENNE this morning July 21st, about 7:00 A.M.
The troops are completely exhausted and will need approximately 2000 replacements in enlisted men and 60 officers to restore them to strength and a considerable period of training to restore them to fighting form.
No more difficult circumstances could have confronted a command than that which presented itself to this regiment on the night of July 17/18.
Without reconnaissance of any kind it was compelled to move through an absolutely unknown terrain during a night which was intensely dark and rainy, to thread its way through roads blocked to a standstill with traffic of all kinds, find its jumping-off place of which nothing was previously known, form in three echelons for attack, all three echelons of which must move in harmony under an artillery barrage the exact timing of which could not be secured because of the unknown incidents of the attack and attack over a terrain Which it had not previously seen, the attack changing in direction twice during its progress. The troops actually ran to their destination and met the enemy in an entrenched position with no weapon other than the rifle, yet they were completely and overwhelmingly successful. With a personnel reduced in strength from 3400 to 1479 and the officers from 99 to 37, by casualties in action, the regiment attacked and carried its attack over a distance of eight kilometers, capturing, in doing so, approximately 2100 enemy soldiers and 75 officers, approximately two batteries of 150's, five batteries of 77's, a vast quantity of ammunition and stores. A battery of 210's was captured but I am of the opinion that the credit for doing so belongs to the French. It is possible that the credit for the capture of some of these prisoners should go to the 9th Infantry as a few men and officers of the 9th Infantry were mixed with ours but the record submitted herewith from my Intelligence Officer and signed by him shows conclusively that 2100 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters under the guards of the 23rd Infantry; that 20 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters by guards of the 9th Infantry; that 15 prisoners were brought to my headquarters by guards of the 6th Marines. It is known, moreover, that approximately 800 prisoners, in addition to the above, were taken to other rendezvous than my P.C. Also upon the arrival of 78 prisoners at BEAUREPAIRE FARM during the course of the fighting under guards furnished by the 9th and 23rd Infantry, it was agreed by myself and Colonel Upton that 39 should be considered as mine and 39 as his. In two detachments 1000 prisoners were secured by troops of the 23rd Infantry, the surrender of 400 men being accomplished by the work of one sergeant, complete record of which will be submitted later, the Sergeant having been wounded and having given me a verbal report as he passed through my P.C., the prisoners following behind him.
The remarkable performance accomplished by this regiment, under difficulties which can scarcely be duplicated, is such as to warrant the hope that the regiment will be cited in orders.
(Sgd) Paul B. Malone
Colonel, 23rd Infantry,
Commanding.
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Nine men of Company C, 23rd Infantry were Killed in Action on July 18, 1918 at Vierzy, France.
Bond, Ruel M.
Campbell, Walter A.
Dietrich, Francis
Dumbolton, Erwin
Hilton, Alexander J.
Jones, Paul W.
Lanier, Press
Lucas, Joseph
Wright, Arch C.
Contributor: MGR (46905687).
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Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Killed in Action.
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From the time the troops left the vicinity of MONTREUIL-aux-LIONS they had received no food and practically no water; they had had no sleep and had fought continuously since the beginning of operations. The losses in my regiment are not yet absolutely known but the strength of the regiment, according to the most accurate record I could secure, left me 37 officers and 1478 enlisted men in the infantry command, considerably less than fifty percent. The relief of the command was an absolute necessity and arrangements were made to accomplish this result. The relief occurred during the night of July 19/20 and terminated at about 2:00 A.M., when the last element of the 23rd Infantry passed my P.C. at VIERZY. My regiment moved by marching to CARREFOUR de MONTGOBERT, my former P.C., the last echelon arriving at about 7:00 A.M. Food was secured for the first time. The regiment remained in the eastern extremity of the FORET de RETZ until 1:00 P.M., when it marched to the CARREFOUR de NEMOURS, secured the packs and proceeded to VIVIERS. About 10:00 P.M, orders were received to march at once to ST. ETIENNE. The column cleared the road junction at VIVIERS about 12:30 A.M. and went into bivouac at ST. ETIENNE this morning July 21st, about 7:00 A.M.
The troops are completely exhausted and will need approximately 2000 replacements in enlisted men and 60 officers to restore them to strength and a considerable period of training to restore them to fighting form.
No more difficult circumstances could have confronted a command than that which presented itself to this regiment on the night of July 17/18.
Without reconnaissance of any kind it was compelled to move through an absolutely unknown terrain during a night which was intensely dark and rainy, to thread its way through roads blocked to a standstill with traffic of all kinds, find its jumping-off place of which nothing was previously known, form in three echelons for attack, all three echelons of which must move in harmony under an artillery barrage the exact timing of which could not be secured because of the unknown incidents of the attack and attack over a terrain Which it had not previously seen, the attack changing in direction twice during its progress. The troops actually ran to their destination and met the enemy in an entrenched position with no weapon other than the rifle, yet they were completely and overwhelmingly successful. With a personnel reduced in strength from 3400 to 1479 and the officers from 99 to 37, by casualties in action, the regiment attacked and carried its attack over a distance of eight kilometers, capturing, in doing so, approximately 2100 enemy soldiers and 75 officers, approximately two batteries of 150's, five batteries of 77's, a vast quantity of ammunition and stores. A battery of 210's was captured but I am of the opinion that the credit for doing so belongs to the French. It is possible that the credit for the capture of some of these prisoners should go to the 9th Infantry as a few men and officers of the 9th Infantry were mixed with ours but the record submitted herewith from my Intelligence Officer and signed by him shows conclusively that 2100 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters under the guards of the 23rd Infantry; that 20 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters by guards of the 9th Infantry; that 15 prisoners were brought to my headquarters by guards of the 6th Marines. It is known, moreover, that approximately 800 prisoners, in addition to the above, were taken to other rendezvous than my P.C. Also upon the arrival of 78 prisoners at BEAUREPAIRE FARM during the course of the fighting under guards furnished by the 9th and 23rd Infantry, it was agreed by myself and Colonel Upton that 39 should be considered as mine and 39 as his. In two detachments 1000 prisoners were secured by troops of the 23rd Infantry, the surrender of 400 men being accomplished by the work of one sergeant, complete record of which will be submitted later, the Sergeant having been wounded and having given me a verbal report as he passed through my P.C., the prisoners following behind him.
The remarkable performance accomplished by this regiment, under difficulties which can scarcely be duplicated, is such as to warrant the hope that the regiment will be cited in orders.
(Sgd) Paul B. Malone
Colonel, 23rd Infantry,
Commanding.
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Nine men of Company C, 23rd Infantry were Killed in Action on July 18, 1918 at Vierzy, France.
Bond, Ruel M.
Campbell, Walter A.
Dietrich, Francis
Dumbolton, Erwin
Hilton, Alexander J.
Jones, Paul W.
Lanier, Press
Lucas, Joseph
Wright, Arch C.
Contributor: MGR (46905687).
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Entered military service from Louisiana.
Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Killed in Action.
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From the time the troops left the vicinity of MONTREUIL-aux-LIONS they had received no food and practically no water; they had had no sleep and had fought continuously since the beginning of operations. The losses in my regiment are not yet absolutely known but the strength of the regiment, according to the most accurate record I could secure, left me 37 officers and 1478 enlisted men in the infantry command, considerably less than fifty percent. The relief of the command was an absolute necessity and arrangements were made to accomplish this result. The relief occurred during the night of July 19/20 and terminated at about 2:00 A.M., when the last element of the 23rd Infantry passed my P.C. at VIERZY. My regiment moved by marching to CARREFOUR de MONTGOBERT, my former P.C., the last echelon arriving at about 7:00 A.M. Food was secured for the first time. The regiment remained in the eastern extremity of the FORET de RETZ until 1:00 P.M., when it marched to the CARREFOUR de NEMOURS, secured the packs and proceeded to VIVIERS. About 10:00 P.M, orders were received to march at once to ST. ETIENNE. The column cleared the road junction at VIVIERS about 12:30 A.M. and went into bivouac at ST. ETIENNE this morning July 21st, about 7:00 A.M.
The troops are completely exhausted and will need approximately 2000 replacements in enlisted men and 60 officers to restore them to strength and a considerable period of training to restore them to fighting form.
No more difficult circumstances could have confronted a command than that which presented itself to this regiment on the night of July 17/18.
Without reconnaissance of any kind it was compelled to move through an absolutely unknown terrain during a night which was intensely dark and rainy, to thread its way through roads blocked to a standstill with traffic of all kinds, find its jumping-off place of which nothing was previously known, form in three echelons for attack, all three echelons of which must move in harmony under an artillery barrage the exact timing of which could not be secured because of the unknown incidents of the attack and attack over a terrain Which it had not previously seen, the attack changing in direction twice during its progress. The troops actually ran to their destination and met the enemy in an entrenched position with no weapon other than the rifle, yet they were completely and overwhelmingly successful. With a personnel reduced in strength from 3400 to 1479 and the officers from 99 to 37, by casualties in action, the regiment attacked and carried its attack over a distance of eight kilometers, capturing, in doing so, approximately 2100 enemy soldiers and 75 officers, approximately two batteries of 150's, five batteries of 77's, a vast quantity of ammunition and stores. A battery of 210's was captured but I am of the opinion that the credit for doing so belongs to the French. It is possible that the credit for the capture of some of these prisoners should go to the 9th Infantry as a few men and officers of the 9th Infantry were mixed with ours but the record submitted herewith from my Intelligence Officer and signed by him shows conclusively that 2100 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters under the guards of the 23rd Infantry; that 20 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters by guards of the 9th Infantry; that 15 prisoners were brought to my headquarters by guards of the 6th Marines. It is known, moreover, that approximately 800 prisoners, in addition to the above, were taken to other rendezvous than my P.C. Also upon the arrival of 78 prisoners at BEAUREPAIRE FARM during the course of the fighting under guards furnished by the 9th and 23rd Infantry, it was agreed by myself and Colonel Upton that 39 should be considered as mine and 39 as his. In two detachments 1000 prisoners were secured by troops of the 23rd Infantry, the surrender of 400 men being accomplished by the work of one sergeant, complete record of which will be submitted later, the Sergeant having been wounded and having given me a verbal report as he passed through my P.C., the prisoners following behind him.
The remarkable performance accomplished by this regiment, under difficulties which can scarcely be duplicated, is such as to warrant the hope that the regiment will be cited in orders.
(Sgd) Paul B. Malone
Colonel, 23rd Infantry,
Commanding.
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Nine men of Company C, 23rd Infantry were Killed in Action on July 18, 1918 at Vierzy, France.
Bond, Ruel M.
Campbell, Walter A.
Dietrich, Francis
Dumbolton, Erwin
Hilton, Alexander J.
Jones, Paul W.
Lanier, Press
Lucas, Joseph
Wright, Arch C.
Contributor: MGR (46905687).
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Company C, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, A.E.F.
Killed in Action.
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From the time the troops left the vicinity of MONTREUIL-aux-LIONS they had received no food and practically no water; they had had no sleep and had fought continuously since the beginning of operations. The losses in my regiment are not yet absolutely known but the strength of the regiment, according to the most accurate record I could secure, left me 37 officers and 1478 enlisted men in the infantry command, considerably less than fifty percent. The relief of the command was an absolute necessity and arrangements were made to accomplish this result. The relief occurred during the night of July 19/20 and terminated at about 2:00 A.M., when the last element of the 23rd Infantry passed my P.C. at VIERZY. My regiment moved by marching to CARREFOUR de MONTGOBERT, my former P.C., the last echelon arriving at about 7:00 A.M. Food was secured for the first time. The regiment remained in the eastern extremity of the FORET de RETZ until 1:00 P.M., when it marched to the CARREFOUR de NEMOURS, secured the packs and proceeded to VIVIERS. About 10:00 P.M, orders were received to march at once to ST. ETIENNE. The column cleared the road junction at VIVIERS about 12:30 A.M. and went into bivouac at ST. ETIENNE this morning July 21st, about 7:00 A.M.
The troops are completely exhausted and will need approximately 2000 replacements in enlisted men and 60 officers to restore them to strength and a considerable period of training to restore them to fighting form.
No more difficult circumstances could have confronted a command than that which presented itself to this regiment on the night of July 17/18.
Without reconnaissance of any kind it was compelled to move through an absolutely unknown terrain during a night which was intensely dark and rainy, to thread its way through roads blocked to a standstill with traffic of all kinds, find its jumping-off place of which nothing was previously known, form in three echelons for attack, all three echelons of which must move in harmony under an artillery barrage the exact timing of which could not be secured because of the unknown incidents of the attack and attack over a terrain Which it had not previously seen, the attack changing in direction twice during its progress. The troops actually ran to their destination and met the enemy in an entrenched position with no weapon other than the rifle, yet they were completely and overwhelmingly successful. With a personnel reduced in strength from 3400 to 1479 and the officers from 99 to 37, by casualties in action, the regiment attacked and carried its attack over a distance of eight kilometers, capturing, in doing so, approximately 2100 enemy soldiers and 75 officers, approximately two batteries of 150's, five batteries of 77's, a vast quantity of ammunition and stores. A battery of 210's was captured but I am of the opinion that the credit for doing so belongs to the French. It is possible that the credit for the capture of some of these prisoners should go to the 9th Infantry as a few men and officers of the 9th Infantry were mixed with ours but the record submitted herewith from my Intelligence Officer and signed by him shows conclusively that 2100 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters under the guards of the 23rd Infantry; that 20 prisoners were brought to my regimental headquarters by guards of the 9th Infantry; that 15 prisoners were brought to my headquarters by guards of the 6th Marines. It is known, moreover, that approximately 800 prisoners, in addition to the above, were taken to other rendezvous than my P.C. Also upon the arrival of 78 prisoners at BEAUREPAIRE FARM during the course of the fighting under guards furnished by the 9th and 23rd Infantry, it was agreed by myself and Colonel Upton that 39 should be considered as mine and 39 as his. In two detachments 1000 prisoners were secured by troops of the 23rd Infantry, the surrender of 400 men being accomplished by the work of one sergeant, complete record of which will be submitted later, the Sergeant having been wounded and having given me a verbal report as he passed through my P.C., the prisoners following behind him.
The remarkable performance accomplished by this regiment, under difficulties which can scarcely be duplicated, is such as to warrant the hope that the regiment will be cited in orders.
(Sgd) Paul B. Malone
Colonel, 23rd Infantry,
Commanding.
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Nine men of Company C, 23rd Infantry were Killed in Action on July 18, 1918 at Vierzy, France.
Bond, Ruel M.
Campbell, Walter A.
Dietrich, Francis
Dumbolton, Erwin
Hilton, Alexander J.
Jones, Paul W.
Lanier, Press
Lucas, Joseph
Wright, Arch C.
Contributor: MGR (46905687).
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