WWI · Battle Death Record
Joyce Kilmer
Sergeant, U.S. Army · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Joyce Kilmer
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 165th Infantry Regiment, 42nd (Rainbow) Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- July 30, 1918
- Awards
- Croix de Guerre (France)
- Burial / Memorial
- Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
- Grave
- Plot B, Row 9, Grave 15
Their story
Joyce Kilmer, the American poet best known for "Trees," served as a sergeant with the 165th Infantry Regiment ("Fighting 69th") of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. He was killed by a sniper on 30 July 1918 while scouting German machine gun positions during the Second Battle of the Marne near Seringes, France, and was posthumously awarded the French Croix de Guerre.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
This record is one of more than 200,000 in our historical archive. Some information may have been corrupted or lost over decades of data conversion. Corrections are welcome — please contact the archive.