WWI · Battle Death Record
Joyce Kilmer
Sergeant, U.S. Army · New Jersey
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Joyce Kilmer
- Entered the Service From
- New Jersey
- 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
- Burial / Memorial
- Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Seringes-et-Nesles, France
Their story
The celebrated poet who wrote "Trees," killed by a sniper during the Second Battle of the Marne while serving with the "Fighting 69th." France awarded him the Croix de Guerre.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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