WWI · Battle Death Record
Carl Boyd
Colonel, U.S. Army · Georgia
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Carl Boyd
- Entered the Service From
- Georgia
- Rank
- Colonel
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- Aide-de-Camp, General Headquarters, American Expeditionary Forces
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- February 12, 1919
- Awards
- Distinguished Service Medal, Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honor (Legion d'Honneur), Belgian War Cross, Order of Leopold
- Burial / Memorial
- Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Suresnes, France
- Grave
- Plot B, Row 16, Grave 2
Their story
Colonel Carl Boyd, a 1903 West Point graduate, served as aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces, accompanying him to conferences with Allied leaders during World War I. He died on February 12, 1919, of influenza and bronchial pneumonia at the American Military Hospital in Paris, France.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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