Private, U.S. Army
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
(M G Company, Machine gun)
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in
Europe. It is located just east of the village of Romagne-Gesnes, Meuse, France.
Bernhard sailed for France with:
Alva Olsen, Carl Lange, Irvin Mayes, Albert Olsen, Lester Jacobson,and Lester Samelson, and several other Cedar Co. NE boys.
Bernhard Bottolfson earned 30.00 per month while stationed in the United States.
KIA Oct 9, 1918, word of his death arrived in Hartington NE on Mon Nov 18, 1918. A memorial service was held Sun afternoon, Dec 1, 1918.
The horrors of WWI... Scenes of frightened young men standing in knee-deep mud, awaiting the call to go “over the top”, facing machine guns, barbed wire, mortars, bayonets, hand-to-hand battles, and more.
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
(M G Company, Machine gun)
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in
Europe. It is located just east of the village of Romagne-Gesnes, Meuse, France.
Bernhard sailed for France with:
Alva Olsen, Carl Lange, Irvin Mayes, Albert Olsen, Lester Jacobson,and Lester Samelson, and several other Cedar Co. NE boys.
Bernhard Bottolfson earned 30.00 per month while stationed in the United States.
KIA Oct 9, 1918, word of his death arrived in Hartington NE on Mon Nov 18, 1918. A memorial service was held Sun afternoon, Dec 1, 1918.
The horrors of WWI... Scenes of frightened young men standing in knee-deep mud, awaiting the call to go “over the top”, facing machine guns, barbed wire, mortars, bayonets, hand-to-hand battles, and more.
Private, U.S. Army
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
(M G Company, Machine gun)
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in
Europe. It is located just east of the village of Romagne-Gesnes, Meuse, France.
Bernhard sailed for France with:
Alva Olsen, Carl Lange, Irvin Mayes, Albert Olsen, Lester Jacobson,and Lester Samelson, and several other Cedar Co. NE boys.
Bernhard Bottolfson earned 30.00 per month while stationed in the United States.
KIA Oct 9, 1918, word of his death arrived in Hartington NE on Mon Nov 18, 1918. A memorial service was held Sun afternoon, Dec 1, 1918.
The horrors of WWI... Scenes of frightened young men standing in knee-deep mud, awaiting the call to go “over the top”, facing machine guns, barbed wire, mortars, bayonets, hand-to-hand battles, and more.
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Nebraska
(M G Company, Machine gun)
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in
Europe. It is located just east of the village of Romagne-Gesnes, Meuse, France.
Bernhard sailed for France with:
Alva Olsen, Carl Lange, Irvin Mayes, Albert Olsen, Lester Jacobson,and Lester Samelson, and several other Cedar Co. NE boys.
Bernhard Bottolfson earned 30.00 per month while stationed in the United States.
KIA Oct 9, 1918, word of his death arrived in Hartington NE on Mon Nov 18, 1918. A memorial service was held Sun afternoon, Dec 1, 1918.
The horrors of WWI... Scenes of frightened young men standing in knee-deep mud, awaiting the call to go “over the top”, facing machine guns, barbed wire, mortars, bayonets, hand-to-hand battles, and more.
Inscription
PVT. 16 INF. 1 DIV. NEBRASKA
Gravesite Details
Nebraska
