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Edmund Knight

Sergeant, U.S. Army · Pennsylvania

Personnel File — Core Information

Name
Edmund Knight
Entered the Service From
Pennsylvania
Rank
Sergeant
Service
U.S. Army
Unit / Regiment
K Company, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division
War
WWI
Date of Death
July 29, 1918
Burial / Memorial
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
Grave
Plot A, Row 15, Grave 23

Their story

Sergeant Edmund H. Knight served with K Company, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Division, and was killed in action crossing the River Ourcq during the Aisne-Marne offensive on 29 July 1918. He and his brother Frederic, who fell a day later, were born in Yorkshire, England, and enlisted after their family settled in Philadelphia; both are buried at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery.

Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.

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