Corp Henry David Welsh Reichert
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Corp Henry David Welsh Reichert

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
30 Oct 1918 (aged 28)
Calais, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Cenotaph
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 14, Lot 343
Memorial ID
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United States World War I Marine. He served during World War I as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, enlisting on December 15, 1917. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 1st Marine Aviation Force. He died of pneumonia at the British Expeditionary Force General Hospital in Calais, France, which he contracted after spending two days in the drizzling rain while working on fixing a troubled aircraft.

He was an 1912 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

He lies buried in Plot D, Row 3, Grave 5 of the Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.

His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
United States World War I Marine. He served during World War I as a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, enlisting on December 15, 1917. He was assigned to the 1st Squadron, 1st Marine Aviation Force. He died of pneumonia at the British Expeditionary Force General Hospital in Calais, France, which he contracted after spending two days in the drizzling rain while working on fixing a troubled aircraft.

He was an 1912 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

He lies buried in Plot D, Row 3, Grave 5 of the Somme American Cemetery, Bony, France.

His family erected a cenotaph to him in their family plot in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  • Created by: RPD2
  • Added: May 9, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14233229/henry_david_welsh-reichert: accessed ), memorial page for Corp Henry David Welsh Reichert (15 Nov 1889–30 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14233229, citing Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by RPD2 (contributor 309).