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Paul Girard was born in Quebec, Canada, on July 22, 1895. It is unknown why he was in Schenectady. On June 12, 1917, he enlisted in the United States Army. On May 17, 1918, Paul was deployed overseas aboard the USS President Grant. He was a Private in the 105th Infantry Regiment of the 27th Infantry Division. On October 19, 1918, Paul was killed in battle during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He is buried in the Somme American Cemetery and Memorial, France.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon