Pvt. Wilford J. DePuy

1894 - 1918  (24 years)

• Name	Wilford J. DePuy  [1]
  Title	Pvt.
  Birth	29 Jun 1894	New Platz, Ulster County, NY   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Milit-Draft	05 Jun 1917	Ulster County, NY   [2]
  Milit-Memo	1918  [1]
  	Pvt. Wilford J. DePuy served with the Army in Co. D 305th M.C. Bn. 77th Div. He was killed in action in France on 23 Oct 1918.
  Obituary	1918	NY   [3]
  	Buried With Military Honors Wilfred DePuy, son of Eli DePuy whose home is at the railroad crossing near Clintondale, died in a hospital in France on October 23, 1918. The body with those of other deceased soldiers was recently brought home. The funeral was held at the late home on Thursday last week. Members of the Loyd Post of the American Legion including the firing squad, also members of the New Platz Post attended the funeral. The interment was at the New Platz cemetery. Mr. DePuy was twenty-four years old. Young DePuy's death was the result of being gassed on the first day of fighting in the Argonne, Sept. 26, 1918. He died October 23rd. He had been in France since April 1918, and had been on the fighting line since July. He had been in other fights before the one in which he was gassed. He was a member of the 77th Division and of the 305th Machine Gun Battallion. Peter E. LeFeure of this town was in the same company as DePuy. The funeral ceremony was under the direction of George Muller, president of the Loyd Post. Rev. Mr. Piper of Clintondale was the officiating minister.
  Reference Number	2703
  Reference Number	I-1859
  Burial	1918	New Platz Rural Cemetery, New Platz, Ulster County, NY   [4]
  Death	23 Oct 1918	Argoance, France   [1]
  Person ID	I2703	ESVA Connections
  Last Modified	16 May 2016

  
  

  Father	Eli DePuy,   b. 1872, NY d. 19 Jun 1952, Ulster County, NY (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Sarah Louise Roosa,   b. 1872   d. 1951 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	16 Nov 1892	New Paltz, Ulster, NY   [5]
  Family ID	F887	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S205] DePuy Headstone, Headstone Details - Cemetery Name: New Paltz Rural Cemetery; Names on headstone: Eli DePuy (1872-1952), S. Louise Roosa (1872-1951), Errol DePuy (1900-1900), Pvt. Wilford J. DePuy (June 29, 1894-Oct. 23, 1918). [S19] Ancestry.com, WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2005), Registration State: New York; Registration County: Ulster; Roll: 1819116; Draft Board: 3. [S206] Unknown Newspaper Obit - Wilford DePuy, (1918), Obit from unknown newspaper. [S190] Find a Grave Index, Find A Grave Memorial# 42299547. [S205] DePuy Headstone, Headstone Details - Cemetery Name: New Paltz Rural Cemetery; Names on headstone: Eli DePuy (1872-1952), S. Louise Roosa (1872-1951), Errol DePuy (1900-1900), Pvt. Wilford J. DePuy (June 29, 1894-Oct. 23, 1918). S. Louise was listed as the wife of Eli DePuy on the headstone