2Lt. Edgar Dorus Bascom

1892 - 1918  (26 years)

• Name	Edgar Dorus Bascom
  Born	24 Aug 1892	Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts   [3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  	Birth Record of Edgar Dorus Bascom
  Residence	1916	Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [6]
  Address: 109 Wales
  Military	From 1917 to 1918  [9]
  He served as a Lieutenant in the 101st Infantry in the American Expediency Force where he was killed.
  Residence	1917	Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Draft Registration	5 Jun 1917	Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts   [8]
  He registered for the draft while already in the Army.
  Age: 24
  Address: 109 Wales Street
  	World War I Draft Registration of Edgar Dorus Bascom
  Died	24 Oct 1918	Moirey-Flabas-Crépion, Meuse, Grand Est, France   [2, 3, 7, 9]
  His name appears on the World War I memorial in North Abington with a gold star.
  	Death Notice of Lt. Edgar D. Bascom
  Buried	—	Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France   [3, 4, 9]
  	Gravestone of 2Lt. Edgar Dorus Bascom Plot: Block B, Row 40, Grave 15
  Siblings	3 Siblings
  + 1. Thomas Delvy Bascom,   b. 24 Jul 1879, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 26 Aug 1957, West Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island  (Age 78 years) ▻ Julia Maria Wright,  m. 31 Dec 1902 + 2. Ada Belle Bascom,   b. 16 Mar 1885, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 2 Jan 1989, Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut  (Age 103 years) ▻ Frederick Virgil "Fred" Clapp,  m. 3 Jul 1907 ;   Rufus William Wands,  m. 22 Aug 1927 + 3. Harry Spelman Bascom,   b. 1 Jan 1887, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Apr 1966, Utica, Oneida County, New York  (Age 79 years) ▻ Florence Gribneau,  m. 27 Nov 1913   4. 2Lt. Edgar Dorus Bascom,   b. 24 Aug 1892, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 24 Oct 1918, Moirey-Flabas-Crépion, Meuse, Grand Est, France  (Age 26 years)
  Person ID	I378	| Clan of Jonathan, Tribe of Peter
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Dorus Amaziah Bascom,   b. 20 May 1847, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 31 Jul 1920, Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Eliza Maria Delvy,   b. 7 Apr 1860, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 May 1893, Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts  (Age 33 years)
  Married	3 Oct 1878	Bernardston, Franklin County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 24 Aug 1892 - Gill, Franklin County, Massachusetts Residence - 1916 - Rockland, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Residence - 1917 - Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Draft Registration - 5 Jun 1917 - Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts Died - 24 Oct 1918 - Moirey-Flabas-Crépion, Meuse, Grand Est, France Buried - — - Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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  Edgar Bascom

  
  

• Sources

  [S1504] American Soldiers of World War I, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003), Secondary Source. [S388] Delvee Historian. Delvee Family Records 1887 - 1988, (Warwick, Massachusetts: manuscript, 1988). [S572] Find a Grave web site, (Provo, Utah: Find A Grave, Inc.). Memorial ID 55960813 2LT Edgar Dorus Bascom [S965] History of Gill Genealogies, (unknown). [S801] Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915 , (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013). Birth Record of Edgar Dorus Bascom [S846] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). Rockland, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1916 [S1477] U.S., Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940, ( Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2019). [S510] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005). Draft Registration of Edgar Dorus Bascom [S1023] WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).