Arthur Jay Fitzgerald
Bio and Photos courtesy of Rogier Van de Hoef
1st Lieutenant Arthur Jay Fitzgerald, 11th MGBN, Company A.
White. Holly, Oakland County, Michigan. Born on February 22nd, 1886, in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
2nd Lieutenant Infantry, August 15th, 1917, from Civilian Life; 1st Lieutenant Infantry, November 3rd, 1918, from USA. Fort Harrison, Indiana, from May 14th, 1917, to August 14th, 1917; 322nd MGBN, to March 1st, 1918; Company D, 324th MGBN, to August 9th, 1918; Replacement Battalion, 1st Depot Division, to August 19th, 1918; Company C, 11th MGBN, to September 27th, 1918; Casual in Hospital, to October 3rd, 1918; Company C, 11th MGBN, to May 1st, 1919; Company A, 11th MGBN, to May 8th, 1919; Casual Officer, 29th Division, to June ?, 1919; Section 2, Group A, Repair Unit 322, MTC, to discharge. Stations: Chillicothe, Ohio; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; Camp Stuart, Virginia. AEF. St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Defensive Sector. Wounded in action, slightly, on September 22nd, 1918. AEF, from June 12th, 1918, to July 7th, 1919.
Honorably discharged on July 29th, 1919. 1945 address: 2840 Melrose Ave., Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Died on March 17th, 1962, in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Buried in Section C, Row 112, Grave 3, Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
Soft and safe, my brother, be thy resting place, Bright and glorious by thy rising from it.
Lest we forget…