General Pershing WWI casualty list

[1] The name General Pershing refers to General John Pershing, who was in command of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), the expeditionary force of the United States during World War I.

While fighting the Germans on the Western Front the AEF would take daily casualties in the form of those killed in action (KIA), those who died from their wounds, those who died from disease, accidental deaths, soldiers missing in action (MIA) and soldiers wounded in action (WIA).

On November 5, 1917, the EPL published a story with the headline "Casualty List In First Action Thrills Nation".

In the article it listed the first three American deaths in the war: McLean County, Kentucky's Corporal James Bethel Gresham, Private Merle Hay from Glidden, Iowa, and Private Thomas Enright of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In addition to the three Americans KIA the casualty list printed that five were WIA and twelve soldiers were MIA.

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Front page of the Evening Public Ledger , April 3, 1918, with General John Pershing
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Rows of headstones line the grounds of Brookwood American Cemetery and Memorial , United Kingdom
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District of Columbia War Memorial , West Potomac Park , Washington, DC