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Casualty Info
Home Town Pickins
Last Address K Troop, 13th Cavalry Regiment US Army Camp Furlong Columbus, New Mexico
Casualty Date Mar 09, 1916
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location New Mexico
Conflict Mexican Service Campaign (1911-1919)/Battle of Columbus (1916)
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Mexican Service Campaign (1911-1919)/Battle of Columbus (1916)
From Month/Year
March / 1916
To Month/Year
March / 1916
Description The Battle of Columbus, the Burning of Columbus or the Columbus Raid, began as a raid conducted by Pancho Villa's Division of the North on the small United States border town of Columbus, New Mexico in March 1916. The raid escalated into a full-scale battle between Villistas and the United States Army. Villa himself led the assault, only to be driven back into Mexico by elements of the 13th Cavalry Regiment stationed at the town. The attack angered Americans and President Woodrow Wilson ordered the Punitive Expedition in which the US Army invaded Mexico in an unsuccessful attempt to capture General Villa.
