Fred Walter Dierdorf

Fred Walter Dierdorf

Male 1892 - 1918  (26 years)

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  • Name Fred Walter Dierdorf 
    Born 2 Feb 1892  Center Point, Clay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1 Aug 1918  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36619  Complete
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2011 

    Father William Dierdorf 
    Mother Carolina McMichael 
    Family ID F18042151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eva Marie Killion,   b. 14 Oct 1897, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 May 1952, Clay County Hospital, Brazil, Clay, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1917  Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2011 
    Family ID F18042149  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Feb 1892 - Center Point, Clay, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Sep 1917 - Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1 Aug 1918 - France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Battle map, Chateau Thierry sector, France, 1918
    Battle map, Chateau Thierry sector, France, 1918

    http://www.usaww1.com/

    "Paris lies approximately 35 miles west of Coulommiers (bottom left corner)

    Prior to the war, Chateau-Thierry had been a beautiful town, home of 15,000 people, and tucked in a gentle bend in the Marne River. Now it had been reduced to a ravaged city with caved walls, blown off roofs, bridges dropped into the Marne, and debris in every road. The Germans had dug themselves in and around the city and were going to be very difficult to dislodge. At the front of the salient just in front of Chateau-Thierry to its southwest lay Hill 204, which now became a Franco-American objective. It probably looked far easier than expected, but it was so well defended that it took the French and the Americans five hellish weeks to squeeze the Germans off of it."
    The River Marne, 1918
    The River Marne, 1918

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    "The Second Battle of the Marne marked the turning of the tide in World War I. It began with the last German offensive of the conflict and was quickly followed by the first allied offensive victory of 1918. The American Expeditionary Force with over 250,000 men fighting under overall French command played key roles both in the initial defense and the later advances. In the Second Battle of Marne with 30,000 killed and wounded, the United States started suffering casualties on the enormous scale usually associated with the battles of the Great War."
    Second Battle of the Marne, 1918
    Second Battle of the Marne, 1918

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    "Men of the 42nd Division Prior to the Marne. Several of these men were killed by artillery fire just 5 minutes after the photo was taken. . . .

    On July 25-26 the 26th Division was relieved by the 42nd Division, which, after having taken some part in the successful resistance to the German attack of July 15th in Champagne, had been brought round to the Chateau-Thierry region. . . .

    On the next day the 42nd Division attacked, and by the 28th it had crossed the Ourcq and taken Sergy. Here the enemy offered desperate resistance, launching counterattack after counterattack, the village of Sergy changing hands four times. But the 42nd definitely occupied Sergy on the morning of July 29th and continued to press forward until August 2nd when the enemy withdrew."






    American Monument, near Chateau Thierry, France, erected 1930
    American Monument, near Chateau Thierry, France, erected 1930

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    Documents
    Fred Walter Dierdorf (1892-1918), Draft Registration, 1917
    Fred Walter Dierdorf (1892-1918), Draft Registration, 1917
    Fred Walter Dierdorf (1892-1918), Obituary
    Fred Walter Dierdorf (1892-1918), Obituary

    Terre Haute Tribune, Saturday 30 Jul 1921, p. 2:

    "The deceased entered the service in September 1917 shortly after his marriage, and was trained at Camp Taylor and Camp Shelby. A few months later he was sent to France and sustained a mortal wound in the battle of Chateau Thierry and died 1 August 1918."

    Received from Paul E. Williams.

    Headstones
    Fred Walter Dierdorf (1892-1918)
    Fred Walter Dierdorf (1892-1918)

    Find-A-Grave:

    "Private, 166th Inf Regt (Indiana), 42d [Rainbow] Div"

    Union Cemetery, Hoosierville, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A.