WWI · Battle Death Record
Joseph Cavender
Colonel, U.S. Army · Wyoming
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Joseph Cavender
- Entered the Service From
- Wyoming
- Rank
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 148th Field Artillery Regiment (Wyoming National Guard)
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- September 5, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
- Grave
- Plot C, Row 28, Grave 34
Their story
Colonel Joseph W. Cavender, a Cody, Wyoming lawyer and prewar Wyoming National Guard officer, organized and commanded the 148th Field Artillery Regiment, which he led to France in 1918 and through the Second Battle of the Marne. He died on September 5, 1918, officially recorded as dying of wounds in the line of duty, and remains buried at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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