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I wasn't going to go today to the local Sunday Flea Market but I figured what the heck. A guy there had cleaned out a house and had the following: The US Army Uniform is English made and has English made JR Gaunt "US" insignia & buttons. The 2nd Lieut. Bars are also English made but not marked. The Navy Uniform is '41 dated & named and has bullion wings. Lastly a Death Certificate/Award to a WWI KIA from the 26th YD 101st Infantry Company E.

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Lastly the Certificate to Matthew Sweeney. What was nice is that there was a BIO written on the back about him.

 

And yes Kurt, I know...no Airborne stuff!

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Lastly the Certificate to Matthew Sweeney. What was nice is that there was a BIO written on the back about him.

 

I can't read what the bio says, but here's some burial details:

 

Name: Matthew J. Sweeney

State Registered: Massachusetts

 

Death Date: 13 Jul 1918

Cemetery: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery

Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot B Row 10 Grave 63

Cemetery City: Belleau

Cemetery Country: France

 

WAR: World War I

Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army

Rank: Private First Class

Service: U.S. Army

Division: 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division

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I can't read what the bio says, but here's some burial details:

 

Name: Matthew J. Sweeney

State Registered: Massachusetts

 

Death Date: 13 Jul 1918

Cemetery: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery

Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot B Row 10 Grave 63

Cemetery City: Belleau

Cemetery Country: France

 

WAR: World War I

Title: Private First Class, U.S. Army

Rank: Private First Class

Service: U.S. Army

Division: 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division

Thank you Forum for the info. Here is what the bio on the back reads for those interested:

 

“Matthew J Sweeney-Born on November 1, 1893, at Cohoes, NY. Resided at South Boston, Mass. He was a pressman. Enlisted on June 2, 1917, 4th Recruit Company, 9th Infantry, Mass National Guard. Transferred to Company E, 101st Infantry, 26thDivision, overseas on September 17th, 1917. Private 1st Class. Killed in Action on July 13, 1918, in the vicinity of Vaux, France. Playground named in his memory. He was buried in the Aisne-Marne Cemetery, France. Gold Star Mother, Mrs. Mary Sweeney of 532 E. 7th St, South Boston, was entitled to make the pilgrimage to France in 1930.”

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Lastly the Certificate to Matthew Sweeney. What was nice is that there was a BIO written on the back about him.

 

And yes Kurt, I know...no Airborne stuff!

 

I guess you at least found a uniform with a wing on it, even if its not airborne!

 

kURT

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