WWI · Battle Death Record
Remington Vernam
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Service · New Jersey
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Remington Vernam
- Entered the Service From
- New Jersey
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Service
- Unit / Regiment
- 22nd Aero Squadron (earlier French Escadrille SPA.96)
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- December 1, 1918
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Cross
- Burial / Memorial
- St. Mihiel American Cemetery and Memorial, Thiaucourt, France
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 11, Grave 27
Their story
Remington de Berdt Vernam was a World War I flying ace credited with six victories (three balloons and three aircraft), including a notable action on October 10, 1918 in which he destroyed two enemy observation balloons at extremely low altitude under fighter attack, earning the Distinguished Service Cross. He was shot down behind German lines on October 30, 1918, and died of his wounds on December 1, 1918, in a hospital at Longwy, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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