Somme World War I Casualties of Rhode Island

Rhode Island World War I Casualties Burial in Somme American Cemetery

The 14.3 acre cemetery is located one-half mile southwest of the village of Bony (Aisne), France on a gentle slope typical of the rolling Picardy countryside. This cemetery contains the graves of 1,844 United States military dead from World War I. Most of these soldiers lost thier lives while serving in American units attached to the British Army or in operations near Cantigny. The headstones are set in regular rows and seperated into four plots by paths that intersect at the flagpole near the top of the slope. The cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

NAME RANK STATE DATE OF DEATH

BOWEN JOSEPH BROWN

2LT

Rhode Island

September 7, 1918

CONOVER RICHARD S.

CPL

Rhode Island

May 27, 1918

HADFIELD JOSEPH E.

PFC

Rhode Island

June 21, 1918

Source: American Battle Monument Commission (machine-readable records).


The 14.3 acre cemetery is located one-half mile southwest of the village of Bony (Aisne), France on a gentle slope typical of the rolling Picardy countryside. This cemetery contains the graves of 1,844 United States military dead from World War I. Most of these soldiers lost thier lives while serving in American units attached to the British Army or in operations near Cantigny. The headstones are set in regular rows and seperated into four plots by paths that intersect at the flagpole near the top of the slope. The cemetery is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
NAME	RANK	STATE	DATE OF DEATH
BOWEN JOSEPH BROWN	2LT	Rhode Island	September 7, 1918
CONOVER RICHARD S.	CPL	Rhode Island	May 27, 1918
HADFIELD JOSEPH E.	PFC	Rhode Island	June 21, 1918
Source: American Battle Monument Commission (machine-readable records).