Veteran World War I, Private, Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment; enlisted November 1917, killed in action in France on 6 Jun 1918.
From the 1918 Troy Gazette:
Killed In Action
Gerald Neil Austin Killed I France In Battle With the Germans Early This Month.
A telegram was received Sunday evening by Mrs. Cora Austin, of Mainsburg, that her son, Gerald Neil, had been killed in action in France on June 6. He was the son of Cora and Archie Austin, and is the grandson of Jesse Austin, of Mainesburg. He was educated in the Mainesburg schools and afterwards went to work in the South. He enlisted in New Jersey about a year ago and was at Camp Greenleaf until he was sent to France about the middle of April. He was a member of Co. (unreadable), 30th Infantry and was 21 years old. He is the first boy from this vicinity to offer his life for his country and his death brings the war very close to home.
From his father's obituary in 1929:
A son, Gerald Neil Austin, died in the service during the World War, and is one of the soldiers after whom the Austin-Cox Post of Mansfield, was named.
From the 1918 Troy Gazette:
Killed In Action
Gerald Neil Austin Killed I France In Battle With the Germans Early This Month.
A telegram was received Sunday evening by Mrs. Cora Austin, of Mainsburg, that her son, Gerald Neil, had been killed in action in France on June 6. He was the son of Cora and Archie Austin, and is the grandson of Jesse Austin, of Mainesburg. He was educated in the Mainesburg schools and afterwards went to work in the South. He enlisted in New Jersey about a year ago and was at Camp Greenleaf until he was sent to France about the middle of April. He was a member of Co. (unreadable), 30th Infantry and was 21 years old. He is the first boy from this vicinity to offer his life for his country and his death brings the war very close to home.
From his father's obituary in 1929:
A son, Gerald Neil Austin, died in the service during the World War, and is one of the soldiers after whom the Austin-Cox Post of Mansfield, was named.
Veteran World War I, Private, Company E, 30th Infantry Regiment; enlisted November 1917, killed in action in France on 6 Jun 1918.
From the 1918 Troy Gazette:
Killed In Action
Gerald Neil Austin Killed I France In Battle With the Germans Early This Month.
A telegram was received Sunday evening by Mrs. Cora Austin, of Mainsburg, that her son, Gerald Neil, had been killed in action in France on June 6. He was the son of Cora and Archie Austin, and is the grandson of Jesse Austin, of Mainesburg. He was educated in the Mainesburg schools and afterwards went to work in the South. He enlisted in New Jersey about a year ago and was at Camp Greenleaf until he was sent to France about the middle of April. He was a member of Co. (unreadable), 30th Infantry and was 21 years old. He is the first boy from this vicinity to offer his life for his country and his death brings the war very close to home.
From his father's obituary in 1929:
A son, Gerald Neil Austin, died in the service during the World War, and is one of the soldiers after whom the Austin-Cox Post of Mansfield, was named.
From the 1918 Troy Gazette:
Killed In Action
Gerald Neil Austin Killed I France In Battle With the Germans Early This Month.
A telegram was received Sunday evening by Mrs. Cora Austin, of Mainsburg, that her son, Gerald Neil, had been killed in action in France on June 6. He was the son of Cora and Archie Austin, and is the grandson of Jesse Austin, of Mainesburg. He was educated in the Mainesburg schools and afterwards went to work in the South. He enlisted in New Jersey about a year ago and was at Camp Greenleaf until he was sent to France about the middle of April. He was a member of Co. (unreadable), 30th Infantry and was 21 years old. He is the first boy from this vicinity to offer his life for his country and his death brings the war very close to home.
From his father's obituary in 1929:
A son, Gerald Neil Austin, died in the service during the World War, and is one of the soldiers after whom the Austin-Cox Post of Mansfield, was named.
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