WWI · Battle Death Record
Alfred Richard Metzger Jr.
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Alfred Richard Metzger Jr.
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- 7th Aviation Instructional Center
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- May 10, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial, Belleau, France
- Grave
- Plot B, Row 10, Grave 38
Their story
First Lieutenant Alfred Richard Metzger Jr. was a U.S. Army Air Service aviator assigned to the 7th Aviation Instructional Center near Clermont-Ferrand, France. He died on May 10, 1918, in a flying accident while piloting a Breguet 14 aircraft. He is buried overseas at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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