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CPL JAMES HENRY TROWBRIDGE USMC
James Henry Trowbridge, born 1889 in Bethel, Connecticut.
~ Enlisted March 23, 1917 for a two year term in the Connecticut Home Guard. Honorably discharged from Home Guard on August 3, 1917, to enlist in U.S. Marine Corps.
~ Enlisted July 20, 1917 at Marine Barracks, Paris Island.
~ Served in 23rd Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Brigade of Marines, 2nd Division, AEF.
~ Served at Belleau Wood, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont and the Argonne.
~ Killed in action November 4, 1918.
~ Burial attended by older cousin who was an "old-time" Marine, and who had encouraged him to enlist. Identity of older cousin unknown.
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