Curated action · World War I

The Lost Battalion in the Argonne

U.S. Army Signal Corps. Public domain. Photograph source.

ConflictWorld War I

WhenOctober 2–8, 1918

WhereCharlevaux, Argonne Forest, France

Recipients6

In early October 1918, units under Major Charles W. Whittlesey were cut off in the Argonne Forest near Charlevaux and Binarville. The pocket is remembered as the Lost Battalion. The recipients here are the soldiers and the two airmen whose citations name that pocket.

Who stood there

Erwin R. Bleckley

Gave his life

Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army Air Forces

No photo on file

Harold Ernest Goettler

Gave his life

First Lieutenant · U.S. Army Air Forces

Nelson M. Holderman

Captain · U.S. Army

George G. McMurtry

Captain · U.S. Army

Fred E. Smith

Gave his life

Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army

Charles W. Whittlesey

Major · U.S. Army

Articles, footage, books, films

article Lost Battalion (World War I)
Wikipedia. Collaborative article. Text is CC BY-SA. This archive links to it and does not copy it.
article Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
American Battle Monuments Commission. Cemetery for the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
film The Lost Battalion (2001)
IMDb. Television drama about the pocket. Not a documentary.