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Pte. Edward Eugene Riches
United States Army 146th Machine Gun Battalion
from:Idaho Falls, Idaho
My grandfather Gene Riches enlisted on 4th of April 1917 in Boise, Idaho, He was transported on 1st of November as a Private in Company D, 146th Machine Gun Battalion. On the 24th of Feb 1918 his unit was assigned the Luneville sector near Nancy, France. He saw action in July the in Battle of Aisne-Marne, Battle of Champaign-Mare, in September at the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Battle of Meuse Agronne. He was Honorably discharged in on the 17th of May 1919, his d Discharge made no mention of injuries. He died in San Franscisco CA in April 1944, from lung injuries sustained from being gassed in WWI. He was a resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho and had to travel all the way to California for treatment.

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