About
World War I (1914-1918)
Byron Meggs Chamberlain was born in Schenectady, New York, on March 24, 1893. On July 14, 1913, he enlisted in the United States Army. He took part in the Mexican Expedition from 1914 to 1916 before being assigned to Company E, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division to fight in World War I on July 15, 1917. Byron was wounded at the Battle of Souplet in France in October 1918 and was taken to Alexandria Hospital in England, where he died on November 11, 1918. He is buried in the Mount Albion Cemetery in Albion, New York.
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Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry