WWI · Battle Death Record
Richard Goldsmith
Corporal, U.S. Army · New York
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Richard Goldsmith
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- Corporal
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division
- War
- WWI
- Date of Death
- November 4, 1918
- Burial / Memorial
- Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial, Brookwood, England
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 9, Grave 7
Their story
Corporal Richard Goldsmith served with the 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division, which in autumn 1918 fought to break the Hindenburg Line in France. He was severely wounded in combat and died of his wounds on 4 November 1918, one week before the Armistice. He is buried at Brookwood American Cemetery in Surrey, England, rather than being repatriated to the United States.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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