A re-used WW1 Medical Dept. dog tag?

[Vincennes]

Here is an interesting dog tag I acquired recently. On the reverse of the tag  almost everything has been marked out. But you can still see that the last letter of the first name is "Y". Since there are no "Y"'s in the name of the soldier on the other side of the tag it appears that this tag has been re-used.

Andrew E Soltesz was born on Sept. 20, 1896 in Budapest, Hungary. His family emigrated to the US in April, 1903 and settled in New York City.

He joined the NY National Guard Oct. 11, 1915 in Company "D" of the 12th. Infantry.

The 12th Infantry of the NY National Guard left for the Mexican border June 29th, 1916, arrive at NcAllen, TX on July 5, 1916 and returned on Feb. 26, 1917. While in McAllen he was promoted to Corporal. He mustered out of Federal Service on March 10, 1917.

He joined the US Army on July 16, 1917. And while at Camp Greene, NC was naturalized as a U S citizen on July 31, 1918.

He was sent overseas on from Hoboken, NJ on Oct. 26, 1918 on the SS Lapland as part of Evacuation Hospital #30, and returned on the SS Leviathan departing Brest France on July 30, 1919 and arriving at Hoboken, NJ on Aug. 6, 1919 as part of the Medical Detachment of the 39th. Infantry. From there he was sent to Camp Merritt. He was Honorably discharged on August 17, 1919.

He was married Nov. 28, 1921 in NY. They had 2 children, a son and a daughter.

He apparently worked for some Railroad because he got a pension from the Railroad Retirement Fund.

He died Jan. 28, 1949 and is buried in Middle Village, Queens County, New York.

[BILL THE PATCH]

Nice write up, I know exactly where that cemetery is.

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