101st Field Artillery

Soldiers of Battery E, 101^st F.A. firing on a German observation plane near Chemin-des-Dames, France; March 5^th, 1918

A gun from Battery E firing from a camouflaged position near Chemin-des-Dames, France. Circa 1918

On July 25^th, 1917, the 1^stMassachusetts Field Artillery of Salem, Massachusetts officially reported for duty to begin preparations for fighting on the Western Front. Later to be known as the 101^st Field Artillery of the 26^th "Yankee" Division, the unit took part in the Second Battle of the Marne, the Third Battle of the Aisne, the Battle of Saint Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. The following are the names of Salem citizens who reported that day.

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Names in bold italics are men who lost their lives during the war.

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Commander
Major Frank S. Perkins	34 Pleasant St.
Battery D
First Lieutenant Thomas Sanders	7 Munroe St.
Second Lieutenant Lawrence K. Mansfield	312 ½ Lafayette St.
First Sergeant Michael J. O’Rourke	North St.
Sergeant John F. Bates	13 Sylvan St.
Sergeant James L. Jones	51 Ocean Ave.
Sergeant G. Layton Stearns	92 North St.
Sergeant Robert R. Nolan	197 Jefferson Ave.
Sergeant William J. Hadley	407 Essex St.
Sergeant Edward T. Shortell	34 Hazel St.
Sergeant Rudolfe W. Ellison	Bridge St.
Corporal John Murphy	10 Buffum St.
Corporal John T. Murphy*	Rear 8 ½ Allen St.
Corporal Harry Kasofsky	62 Watson St.
Corporal Anthony J. Kehoe	16 Fort Ave.
Cook Elmer A. Daniels	7 Church St.
Cook Michael J. Carroll	88 Flint St.
Cook Cornelius A. Lowery	20 Peabody St.
Chief Mechanic William Blouin	29 Geneva St.
Horseshoer John E. St. John	30 Norman St.
Bugler Edward Tucker	7 Ferry St.
Private First Class Clarence E. Perkins	26 Park Ave.
Private Vernon H. Adams	3 Naples Rd.
Private John D. Ahearn	15 Mason St.
Private Charles M. Appleton	13 Albion St.
Private James Arno	74 ½ Federal St.
Private Edward E. Baldwin	107 Highland Ave.
Private Joseph E. Brault	10 Ropes St.
Private Jules A. Briand	4 Curtis St.
Private Leon Brisbois	261 Jefferson Ave.
Private Denis L. Buckley	11 Rust St.
Private Oliver J. Bouffard*	4 Langdon St.
Private James H. Buxton
Private Ernest Calhoun	9 Federal St.
Private Everett E. Carlton	West Ave.
Private Robert D. Chandler	16 Oakland St.
Private John Considine	Lynde St.
Private G. Henri Deschamps	406 Jefferson Ave.
Private Edward F. Donovan	5 Fowler St.
Private Joseph J. Dooley	18 Chestnut St.
Private Emerson P. Drinkwater	27 Ord St.
Private Arthur Duchamme	216 Bridge St.
Private George A. Felton	95 Essex St.
Private Emile J. Gagnon	60 Palmer St.
Private Fred Gallant	6 Foster St.
Private Derby L. Going	19 Sutton Ave.
Private Albert R. Hagan	400 Jefferson Ave.
Private Richard S. Hurley	1 Rice St.
Private Maurice F. Iles	10 Ash St.
Private Edgar W. Johnson	26 Andrew St.
Private Tellesphor Joly	11 Congress St.
Private Freddy Joly*	2 Woodbury Ct.
Private John E. Labelle	43 Prince St.
Private Charles A. Laforme	11 Derby Sq.
Private Joseph P. A. La Bel	16 Pleasant St.
Private Napoleon LeBlanc	34 Ward St.
Private Carl J. Lesch	14 English St.
Private William J. Linsky	9 West Ave.
Private William H. Lyons	65 Boston St.
Private Francis L. McNally	72 Prospect St.
Private William H. Merrill	Loring Ave.
Private Harold W. Moreland	42 Mason St.
Private Henry G. Murphy*	16 Messervey St.
Private Albert E. Nichols	27 Cross St.
Private Lucien W. Pelletier	9 Story St.
Private Edward Peppin	14 Prince St.
Private Phillip L. Poirer	53 Lafayette St.
Private Arthur B. Porter	4 Mason St.
Private Albert L. Porter	79 Bridge St.
Private Bertram U. Rios	106 Bridge St.
Private Walter A. Ritchie	133 North St.
Private Frederick J. Ronan	7 Oakland St.
Private Alfred I. Shatswell	13 Spring St.
Private Ernest Slattery	7 ½ North St.
Private Lester E. Smith	10 Foster St.
Private T. Francis Stanton	7 Meade Ct.
Private William H. Sweeney	89 Tremont St.
Private Charles E. Thomas	8 North Pine St.
Private Brandt Tompkins	69 Essex St.
Private John F. Walsh	12 English St.
Private Thomas J. Wells	Bristol St.
Battery E
Sergeant Raymond Falkowski	12 Becket St.
Sergeant Henry F. Sullivan	7 Merrill Ave.
Corporal James O. Barker	Brown St.
Corporal Joseph P. Cassidy	2 ½ Ropes St.
Corporal Alfred J. Lareau	16 West Pl.
Cook John W. Cashman	2 Liberty St.
Cook James E. Keaveney	94 Boston St.
Horseshoer Florient Lefebvre	Buffum St.
Chief Mechanic Louis W. Taylor	no address listed
Private First Class Joseph V. Carr	25 Japonica St.
Private First Class Patrick S. Healey	12 Prospect St.
Private First Class John D. McNiff	3 Logan St.
Private Ansel D. Akeley	7 Cushing St.
Private Napoleon Bernard	102 Leach St.
Private Henry J. Blanchette	69 Lawrence St.
Private Leo Brault	10 Lynde St.
Private Everett L. Cass	9 Upham St.
Private Hector J. Charest	33 Everett St.
Private John J. Connors	8 Sylvan St.
Private John B. Daigle	5 Lucer St.
Private Theophrase Dube	34 Harbor St.
Private Thomas A. Durgin	154 Federal St.
Private George A. Hall	184 Pleasant St.
Private Joseph V. Joyce	82 Proctor St.
Private Arthur P. Kavanagh	155 North St.
Private Armond J. Lebelle	34 Pine St.
Private Arthur J. Lee	84 Highland St.
Private Charlemagne Leger	58 Harbor St.
Private Frank B. Maga	22 Turner St.
Private Joseph F. Mahoney	88 Grove St.
Private John J. Mahoney	17 Goodhue St.
Private Percy A. Meldon	18 Balcomb St.
Private Owen E. Moynihan	10 Japonica St.
Private Francis J. Murphy	7 Watson St.
Private George H. Pelletier	321 Jefferson Ave.
Private Charles A. Phelps	96 ½ North St.
Private Howard P. Phelan	228 North St.
Private William Placeki	41 Ward St.
Private Alban J. Richard	354 Boston St.
Private Hector J. Rouleau	36 Mason St.
Private William H. Rousein	133 Highland Ave.
Private William J. Rybicki	18 Carlton St.
Private John P. Rybicki	18 Carlton St.
Private Bertram H. Sawyer	25 Boardman St.
Private Emile Thibault	322 Jefferson Ave.
Private Leonce Thibault 89 Harbor St.
Private Edmond H. Trudell	29 Foster St.
Private Waclaw Traclenski	21 Becket St.
Private Walter J. Williams	75 Flint St.
Private Thomas F. Woods	21 Wisteria St.
Battery F
First Sergeant William H. Young
Corporal Walter W. Annable	3 Wilson St.
Horseshoer Robert H. Campbell	89 Cabot St.
Cook Louis J. Beaulieu	17 Forest Ave.
Cook Armand L. Dionne	17 Forest Ave.
Private George A. Full	22 Ocean Ave.
Private Charles R. Hawkins	Lafayette St.
Private Leonard B. Ives	12 Clifton Ave.
Private Everett M. Little	188 Federal St.
Private Leland H. Nichols	27 Cross St.
Private Frederick S. Pauling	398 Essex St.
Private John H. Potter	44 Prospect St.
Private Albert J. Roberts	403 Essex St.
Private Edwin J. Shaw	12 ½ Clifton Ave.
Private George A. Sholds	5 Brown St.
Private Felix Sobocinski	40 Daniels St.
Private James T. Tobin	12 Turner St.

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