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Last Rank
Corporal
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Last Service Branch
Infantry
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Last Primary MOS
745-Rifleman
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Last MOS Group
Infantry (Enlisted)
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Primary Unit
1917-1918, 1st Infantry Division
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Service Years
1913 - 1918
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1891 |
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SSG Jerry Dennis
to remember
Abbot, Gordon Otto (Otto), CPL.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Montgomery, MO |
Last Address
Newkirk, Oklahoma
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Casualty Date
May 28, 1918 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Gun, Small Arms Fire |
Location
France |
Conflict
World War I |
Location of Interment
Newkirk Cemetery - Newkirk, Oklahoma |
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Last Known Activity
Cpl. Otto Abbot enlisted in the Army in March 1913 at Lincoln, Mebraska.
He served as a Corporal in Company A, 26th Infantry in France as an expert rifleman in the Sniper Platoon. His unit entered combat in Febrauary 1918. He was severely wounded in March 1918 during a battle in France, and was in the hospital for some time. He had just returned to service when he was wounded again, and this time died of his wounds.
He was finally interred in the Newkirk Cemetery, Newkirk, Oklahoma.
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