WWI · Battle Death Record
Willard Straight
Major, U.S. Army · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Willard Straight
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Major
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- Adjutant General's Corps, General Staff, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- December 1, 1918
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Medal
- Burial / Memorial
- Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Suresnes, France
- Grave
- Plot B, Row 16, Grave 1
Their story
Willard Dickerman Straight, an American diplomat, investment banker, publisher and reporter, served as a Major in the U.S. Army during World War I, organizing the War Risk Bureau's insurance administration for AEF personnel, for which he received the Distinguished Service Medal. He died of pneumonia, a complication of Spanish influenza, in Paris on December 1, 1918, while arranging the arrival of the American mission to the Paris Peace Conference. He is buried at Suresnes American Cemetery near Paris, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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