Lake, Maury Montgomery

Title

Lake, Maury Montgomery

Last Name

Lake

First and Middle Name

Maury Montgomery

Hometown

Jeffersonton, Virginia

Birth Date

August 11, 1886

Birthplace

Wellington, Virginia

Death Date

October 4, 1918

Cause of Death

Killed in Action

Place of Death

Bois de Ogon, France (buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery)

VPI Graduating Class

1909

Graduated

No. Left VPI after two years.

Unit

E Company, 318th Infantry Regiment, 80th Division

Rank

Private

Military Events

Joined in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on September 29th. Regiment suffered heavy casualties. Killed in heavy fighting near Bois de Ogon, Hill 274.

Files

Maury M. Lake World War I portrait.JPG

Collection

Citation

“Lake, Maury Montgomery,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 21, 2024, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/330.

Output Formats

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