Person:Elkins Oliphant (1)

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Lt. Elkins Oliphant
b.3 Nov 1893 Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
d.18 Oct 1918 Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, France
Parents and Siblings
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m. 3 Jun 1890
  1. Elizabeth Elkins Oliphant1892 - 1973
  2. Lt. Elkins Oliphant1893 - 1918
  3. Stephen Benton Elkins OliphantAbt 1894 -
  4. Alexander Coulter Oliphant, Jr.Abt 1895 -
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Name Lt. Elkins Oliphant
Gender Male
Birth[2] 3 Nov 1893 Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Death[2] 18 Oct 1918 Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, FranceWWI - killed in action
References
  1.   Grave Recorded, in Find A Grave.

    [states "World War I United States Army Officer. The son of General Alexander C. Oliphant and the grandson of General Samuel D. Oliphant, he was a 1917 graduate of Princeton University. He served during World War I as a 1st Lieutenant in Company B, 119th Infantry, 30th Infantry Division, AEF. He was killed in action near Ribeauvillé, France while leading his men against German machine gun nests. He was the first Army officer native to Trenton, New Jersey to die in the war. The American Legion Elkins Oliphant Post No. 93 of Trenton was named in his honor. "]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Biography, in Hill, Edwin Charles. Historical register: illustrated with portrait plates. (New York: E.C. Hill, 1919)
    p 168.
    Lt. Elkins Oliphant
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