Collection	Edward C. Steckbauer
Copyright	Oshkosh Public Museum
Description	Gelatin print on cardstock of the 42nd Division Cemetery in France.
Event	World War I
Medium	Photographic Paper/Ink
Notes	Snap shot of the 42nd Division Cemetery in France. Image is inscribed: "Entrance to the graveyard of 42nd Division where Pvt. [Edward C.] Steckbauer is burried". A wooden fence and gate are arounf the cemetery, wich contains wooden crosses. Edward C. Steckbauer was born June 6, 1893 in Oshkosh, WI, the son of Herman and Mary Suda Steckbauer. He enlisted in Company F, 2nd Wisconsin National Guard on May 22, 1917. Company F became Company C, 150th Machinegun Battalion on July 15, 1917 and was assigned to the 42nd Division. He was promoted to Private First Class on August 16, 1917. He was killed in action on July 30, 1918 near Chateau Thierry by an artillery shell which sent schrapnel throughout his entire body. The same shell killed and wounded several other members of the company. He body was brough back to Oshkosh in the early 1920s and burried at Sacred Heart Cemetery on Knapp Street.
Object ID	P1935.15.2
Object Name	Print, Photographic
People	Steckbauer, Edward C.
Place	France
Print size	2" x 2 3/4"
Subjects	Cemeteries Graves Gravestone
Title	42nd Division Cemetery in France
Year Range from	1918
Year range to	1921

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