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CORP Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig

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CORP Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig Veteran

Birth
Copenhagen, Kobenhavns Kommune, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Death
8 Oct 1918 (aged 28)
Binarville, Departement de la Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Burial
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot B, Row 9, Grave 30.
Memorial ID
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Denmark Church Records
Name: Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig
Gender: Mandlig (Male)
Event Type: dåb (Baptism)
Birth Date: 2
Baptism Date: 12 jan 1890
Baptism Place: Sankt Jakobs Sogn, Danmark (Denmark)
Father: Thorvald Emils Bolvig
Mother: Marie Elise Florentine Jacobsen

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Eiler E Bolvig
Arrival Date: 30 Sep 1913
Birth Date: abt 1890
Last Permanent Address: Denmark
Other Last Permanent Address: Copenhagen
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Copenhagen
Port of Arrival: New York, New York, USA
Ship Name: Hellig Olav

Entered service, Dec. 7, 1917, New York. Assigned to Company H, 308th Infantry ( lost battalion ), 77th Division. Shipped out for France, April 8, 1918, gassed, Aug. 17, 1918. Returned to his Company and was killed in action by a Germany shell, Oct 8, 1918, while he was bandaging a wounded soldier.

Brooklyn Eagle, Dec. 13, 1918, page 3, obituary.

Person notified of death: Florence Bolvig ( wife ), 2205 Old Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

New York State and Federal Naturalization Records
Name: Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig
Declaration Age: 24
Record Type: Declaration
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1889
Birth Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Arrival Date: 6 Oct 1913
Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA
Declaration Date: 31 Aug 1914
Court: New York
Declaration Number: 30185
Box Number: 46

WWI Draft Registration
Name: Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1889
Birth Place: Denmark
Street address: 1330 E 15 St
Residence Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Ticker inspector for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
Private in the Infantry for 9 months in Denmark
5' 1", slender, blue eyes, light hair.

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Eiler V. Bolvig
State Registered: New York
Death Date: 8 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot B Row 9 Grave 30
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Rank: CORPORAL
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll
Denmark Church Records
Name: Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig
Gender: Mandlig (Male)
Event Type: dåb (Baptism)
Birth Date: 2
Baptism Date: 12 jan 1890
Baptism Place: Sankt Jakobs Sogn, Danmark (Denmark)
Father: Thorvald Emils Bolvig
Mother: Marie Elise Florentine Jacobsen

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
Name: Eiler E Bolvig
Arrival Date: 30 Sep 1913
Birth Date: abt 1890
Last Permanent Address: Denmark
Other Last Permanent Address: Copenhagen
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: Scandinavian
Port of Departure: Copenhagen
Port of Arrival: New York, New York, USA
Ship Name: Hellig Olav

Entered service, Dec. 7, 1917, New York. Assigned to Company H, 308th Infantry ( lost battalion ), 77th Division. Shipped out for France, April 8, 1918, gassed, Aug. 17, 1918. Returned to his Company and was killed in action by a Germany shell, Oct 8, 1918, while he was bandaging a wounded soldier.

Brooklyn Eagle, Dec. 13, 1918, page 3, obituary.

Person notified of death: Florence Bolvig ( wife ), 2205 Old Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn, NY.

New York State and Federal Naturalization Records
Name: Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig
Declaration Age: 24
Record Type: Declaration
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1889
Birth Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Arrival Date: 6 Oct 1913
Arrival Place: New York, New York, USA
Declaration Date: 31 Aug 1914
Court: New York
Declaration Number: 30185
Box Number: 46

WWI Draft Registration
Name: Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig
Race: White
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 2 Dec 1889
Birth Place: Denmark
Street address: 1330 E 15 St
Residence Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA
Ticker inspector for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
Private in the Infantry for 9 months in Denmark
5' 1", slender, blue eyes, light hair.

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Eiler V. Bolvig
State Registered: New York
Death Date: 8 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot B Row 9 Grave 30
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France
War: World War I
Title: CORPORAL, U.S. Army
Rank: CORPORAL
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 308th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

Inscription

CORPL. 308 INF. 77 DIV. NEW YORK

Gravesite Details

New York



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  • Maintained by: ladisatt
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55959857/eiler_emil_valdemar-bolvig: accessed ), memorial page for CORP Eiler Emil Valdemar Bolvig (21 Dec 1889–8 Oct 1918), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55959857, citing Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France; Maintained by ladisatt (contributor 46614911).