Beightler, Gordon, PVT

Fallen
 
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Final Rank
Private
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last MOS
605-Heavy Machine Gunner
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1918-1919, 566, 4th Infantry
Service Years
1916 - 1919
Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates
Cold War Certificate
Infantry
Private
Three Service Stripes
Four Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Ohio
Ohio
Year of Birth
1894
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Marysville, OH
Last Address
General Delivery
Marysville, Ohio
Casualty Date
Jun 04, 1923
 
Conflict
World War I

 Official Badges 

Wound Chevron (1917-1932) World War I Honorable Discharge Chevron Badge of Military Merit


 Unofficial Badges 

Warriors Medal Of Valor Cold War Medal Cold War Veteran





World War I/Aisne Campaign
From Month/Year
May / 1918
To Month/Year
June / 1918

Description
Aisne 27 May - 5 June 1918. The next major German attack fell on 27 May on the thinly held but formidable terrain along the Aisne River known as the Chemin des Dames. The original objective of this new offensive was to draw southward the Allied reserves accumulated back of the British sector, in preparation for a final German attempt to destroy the British Army in Flanders. The French and British defenders were taken completely by surprise, and their positions were overrun rapidly on a forty-mile front. German progress on the first day was so rapid (advances up to 13 miles were made at some points) that Ludendorff altered his plans and decided to make the diversionary attack a main effort. Most of the Aisne bridges were captured intact. The thrust toward Rheims failed but Soissons was taken, and by 31 May the Germans had reached the outskirts of Chateau-Thierry on the Marne, less than 40 miles from Paris.

In the next few days the Germans sought to exploit and expand the deep and exposed salient which they had established. But by 4 June they had been stopped everywhere. Some 27,500 American troops took part in the check of the German advance. The 3d Division foiled enemy attempts in the period 1-4 June to secure a firm bridgehead across the Marne at Chateau-Thierry. West of the town the 2d Division, which included a Marine brigade, defended the road to Paris, and on 6 June successfully counterattacked in Belleau Wood.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
May / 1918
To Month/Year
June / 1918
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
Units Participated in Operation

3rd Military Police Company, 3rd Infantry Division

3rd Infantry Division

 
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