Emilio Rollo, originally spelled Rolla was born in Boffalora Ticino, Italy on December 15, 1890 to Adele and Luigi Rolla. He emigrated to the United States on July 5, 1913 at the age of 22. On March 3, 1917 Emilio Rolla completed his “Declaration of Intention” to become a United States Citizen.
Following the United States entry into the World War on April 6, 1917, Emilio complied with the Selective Service Act of 1917 by registering for the military draft at Ward 24, St. Louis, Missouri on the first of three registrations held June 5, 1917. His Form 1 Registration Card noted the following; Home address, 5129 Pattison Street, St. Louis; born in Boffalora Ticino, Italy and a citizen of Italy; employed by the City of St. Louis as a sewer worker; father, mother and wife solely dependent on him; married; Caucasian; two years of prior military service as an infantry private in Italy; claimed exemption to the draft as sole supporter of wife, mother and father; medium height and built with light brown eyes and black hair.(1)
On October 3, 1917 Emilio was inducted into the US Army in St. Louis and assigned to the 164 Depot Brigade, Camp Funston (Fort Riley), Kansas for training. He was then assigned to Company 6, Camp Cody June Automatic Replacements and boarded the British Troop Transport SS Demosthenes that departed the Port of New York June 29, 1918. Arriving some eleven days later via Liverpool, England Emilio and other replacements were permanently assigned to Company C, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.(2)
The 26th Infantry arrived in France September 1917 and had seen considerable combat by the time Emilio joined them but there was more to come. The replacements entered the fight at the Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 – August 6, 1918) where allied forces inflicted severe casualties on the German forces. The 101st then participated in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel (September 12 – 15, 1918) and then the massive Meuse-Argonne Offensive that began September 26 and lasted until the Armistice of November 11, 1918 that ended the war. It was during the last offensive that US Army Private Emilio Rollo, serial # 1418548 was killed in action October 23, 1918 at the age of 26.(3)
Initially Emilio was buried in Grave # 3, Isolated Graves, commune of Wavrille, Meuse department. On June 6, 1919 he was reburied in Grave # 4, Section # 49, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery. In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers were given the choice of leaving their sons buried in an American Cemetery in Europe with their comrades or bring them home for reburial in the United States. His parents living in Italy no doubt influenced their decision to leave their son buried in Europe with his comrades as did approximately 30% of the families facing the same decision. On November 18, 1921 Private Emilio Rollo was reburied for the final time in Grave 29, Row 42, Plot B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.(4) Day is done, God is nigh.
“That these dead shall not have died in vain”…..Abraham Lincoln
Epilogue: It is unclear if Emilio ever became a United States Citizen after declaring his intent. Although his World War I Draft Registration showed he was married, a wife is never mentioned again. His father passed in Italy in 1928 but his mother’s passing is unknown.
References:
(1) Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: St Louis (Independent City)
(2) “Missouri Digital Heritage : Soldiers’ Records: War of 1812 - World War I.” Accessed March 13, 2021. https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/soldiers/default.aspx.
(3) “101st Infantry Regiment (United States).” In Wikipedia, January 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=101st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=997924547.
(4) War Department. Office of the Quartermaster General. Graves Registration Service. 3/15/1922-ca. 1924 and War Department. Purchase and Storage Service. General Administrative Division. Cemeterial Branch (Predecessor). Robinson, I. - Rosplock. Series: Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 - 1922, 1917.
Following the United States entry into the World War on April 6, 1917, Emilio complied with the Selective Service Act of 1917 by registering for the military draft at Ward 24, St. Louis, Missouri on the first of three registrations held June 5, 1917. His Form 1 Registration Card noted the following; Home address, 5129 Pattison Street, St. Louis; born in Boffalora Ticino, Italy and a citizen of Italy; employed by the City of St. Louis as a sewer worker; father, mother and wife solely dependent on him; married; Caucasian; two years of prior military service as an infantry private in Italy; claimed exemption to the draft as sole supporter of wife, mother and father; medium height and built with light brown eyes and black hair.(1)
On October 3, 1917 Emilio was inducted into the US Army in St. Louis and assigned to the 164 Depot Brigade, Camp Funston (Fort Riley), Kansas for training. He was then assigned to Company 6, Camp Cody June Automatic Replacements and boarded the British Troop Transport SS Demosthenes that departed the Port of New York June 29, 1918. Arriving some eleven days later via Liverpool, England Emilio and other replacements were permanently assigned to Company C, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.(2)
The 26th Infantry arrived in France September 1917 and had seen considerable combat by the time Emilio joined them but there was more to come. The replacements entered the fight at the Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 – August 6, 1918) where allied forces inflicted severe casualties on the German forces. The 101st then participated in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel (September 12 – 15, 1918) and then the massive Meuse-Argonne Offensive that began September 26 and lasted until the Armistice of November 11, 1918 that ended the war. It was during the last offensive that US Army Private Emilio Rollo, serial # 1418548 was killed in action October 23, 1918 at the age of 26.(3)
Initially Emilio was buried in Grave # 3, Isolated Graves, commune of Wavrille, Meuse department. On June 6, 1919 he was reburied in Grave # 4, Section # 49, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery. In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers were given the choice of leaving their sons buried in an American Cemetery in Europe with their comrades or bring them home for reburial in the United States. His parents living in Italy no doubt influenced their decision to leave their son buried in Europe with his comrades as did approximately 30% of the families facing the same decision. On November 18, 1921 Private Emilio Rollo was reburied for the final time in Grave 29, Row 42, Plot B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.(4) Day is done, God is nigh.
“That these dead shall not have died in vain”…..Abraham Lincoln
Epilogue: It is unclear if Emilio ever became a United States Citizen after declaring his intent. Although his World War I Draft Registration showed he was married, a wife is never mentioned again. His father passed in Italy in 1928 but his mother’s passing is unknown.
References:
(1) Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: St Louis (Independent City)
(2) “Missouri Digital Heritage : Soldiers’ Records: War of 1812 - World War I.” Accessed March 13, 2021. https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/soldiers/default.aspx.
(3) “101st Infantry Regiment (United States).” In Wikipedia, January 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=101st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=997924547.
(4) War Department. Office of the Quartermaster General. Graves Registration Service. 3/15/1922-ca. 1924 and War Department. Purchase and Storage Service. General Administrative Division. Cemeterial Branch (Predecessor). Robinson, I. - Rosplock. Series: Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 - 1922, 1917.
Emilio Rollo, originally spelled Rolla was born in Boffalora Ticino, Italy on December 15, 1890 to Adele and Luigi Rolla. He emigrated to the United States on July 5, 1913 at the age of 22. On March 3, 1917 Emilio Rolla completed his “Declaration of Intention” to become a United States Citizen.
Following the United States entry into the World War on April 6, 1917, Emilio complied with the Selective Service Act of 1917 by registering for the military draft at Ward 24, St. Louis, Missouri on the first of three registrations held June 5, 1917. His Form 1 Registration Card noted the following; Home address, 5129 Pattison Street, St. Louis; born in Boffalora Ticino, Italy and a citizen of Italy; employed by the City of St. Louis as a sewer worker; father, mother and wife solely dependent on him; married; Caucasian; two years of prior military service as an infantry private in Italy; claimed exemption to the draft as sole supporter of wife, mother and father; medium height and built with light brown eyes and black hair.(1)
On October 3, 1917 Emilio was inducted into the US Army in St. Louis and assigned to the 164 Depot Brigade, Camp Funston (Fort Riley), Kansas for training. He was then assigned to Company 6, Camp Cody June Automatic Replacements and boarded the British Troop Transport SS Demosthenes that departed the Port of New York June 29, 1918. Arriving some eleven days later via Liverpool, England Emilio and other replacements were permanently assigned to Company C, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.(2)
The 26th Infantry arrived in France September 1917 and had seen considerable combat by the time Emilio joined them but there was more to come. The replacements entered the fight at the Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 – August 6, 1918) where allied forces inflicted severe casualties on the German forces. The 101st then participated in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel (September 12 – 15, 1918) and then the massive Meuse-Argonne Offensive that began September 26 and lasted until the Armistice of November 11, 1918 that ended the war. It was during the last offensive that US Army Private Emilio Rollo, serial # 1418548 was killed in action October 23, 1918 at the age of 26.(3)
Initially Emilio was buried in Grave # 3, Isolated Graves, commune of Wavrille, Meuse department. On June 6, 1919 he was reburied in Grave # 4, Section # 49, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery. In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers were given the choice of leaving their sons buried in an American Cemetery in Europe with their comrades or bring them home for reburial in the United States. His parents living in Italy no doubt influenced their decision to leave their son buried in Europe with his comrades as did approximately 30% of the families facing the same decision. On November 18, 1921 Private Emilio Rollo was reburied for the final time in Grave 29, Row 42, Plot B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.(4) Day is done, God is nigh.
“That these dead shall not have died in vain”…..Abraham Lincoln
Epilogue: It is unclear if Emilio ever became a United States Citizen after declaring his intent. Although his World War I Draft Registration showed he was married, a wife is never mentioned again. His father passed in Italy in 1928 but his mother’s passing is unknown.
References:
(1) Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: St Louis (Independent City)
(2) “Missouri Digital Heritage : Soldiers’ Records: War of 1812 - World War I.” Accessed March 13, 2021. https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/soldiers/default.aspx.
(3) “101st Infantry Regiment (United States).” In Wikipedia, January 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=101st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=997924547.
(4) War Department. Office of the Quartermaster General. Graves Registration Service. 3/15/1922-ca. 1924 and War Department. Purchase and Storage Service. General Administrative Division. Cemeterial Branch (Predecessor). Robinson, I. - Rosplock. Series: Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 - 1922, 1917.
Following the United States entry into the World War on April 6, 1917, Emilio complied with the Selective Service Act of 1917 by registering for the military draft at Ward 24, St. Louis, Missouri on the first of three registrations held June 5, 1917. His Form 1 Registration Card noted the following; Home address, 5129 Pattison Street, St. Louis; born in Boffalora Ticino, Italy and a citizen of Italy; employed by the City of St. Louis as a sewer worker; father, mother and wife solely dependent on him; married; Caucasian; two years of prior military service as an infantry private in Italy; claimed exemption to the draft as sole supporter of wife, mother and father; medium height and built with light brown eyes and black hair.(1)
On October 3, 1917 Emilio was inducted into the US Army in St. Louis and assigned to the 164 Depot Brigade, Camp Funston (Fort Riley), Kansas for training. He was then assigned to Company 6, Camp Cody June Automatic Replacements and boarded the British Troop Transport SS Demosthenes that departed the Port of New York June 29, 1918. Arriving some eleven days later via Liverpool, England Emilio and other replacements were permanently assigned to Company C, 101st Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division.(2)
The 26th Infantry arrived in France September 1917 and had seen considerable combat by the time Emilio joined them but there was more to come. The replacements entered the fight at the Second Battle of the Marne (July 15 – August 6, 1918) where allied forces inflicted severe casualties on the German forces. The 101st then participated in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel (September 12 – 15, 1918) and then the massive Meuse-Argonne Offensive that began September 26 and lasted until the Armistice of November 11, 1918 that ended the war. It was during the last offensive that US Army Private Emilio Rollo, serial # 1418548 was killed in action October 23, 1918 at the age of 26.(3)
Initially Emilio was buried in Grave # 3, Isolated Graves, commune of Wavrille, Meuse department. On June 6, 1919 he was reburied in Grave # 4, Section # 49, Plot 1, Argonne American Cemetery. In October 1919, families of fallen American Soldiers were given the choice of leaving their sons buried in an American Cemetery in Europe with their comrades or bring them home for reburial in the United States. His parents living in Italy no doubt influenced their decision to leave their son buried in Europe with his comrades as did approximately 30% of the families facing the same decision. On November 18, 1921 Private Emilio Rollo was reburied for the final time in Grave 29, Row 42, Plot B, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.(4) Day is done, God is nigh.
“That these dead shall not have died in vain”…..Abraham Lincoln
Epilogue: It is unclear if Emilio ever became a United States Citizen after declaring his intent. Although his World War I Draft Registration showed he was married, a wife is never mentioned again. His father passed in Italy in 1928 but his mother’s passing is unknown.
References:
(1) Registration State: Missouri; Registration County: St Louis (Independent City)
(2) “Missouri Digital Heritage : Soldiers’ Records: War of 1812 - World War I.” Accessed March 13, 2021. https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/soldiers/default.aspx.
(3) “101st Infantry Regiment (United States).” In Wikipedia, January 2, 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=101st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)&oldid=997924547.
(4) War Department. Office of the Quartermaster General. Graves Registration Service. 3/15/1922-ca. 1924 and War Department. Purchase and Storage Service. General Administrative Division. Cemeterial Branch (Predecessor). Robinson, I. - Rosplock. Series: Card Register of Burials of Deceased American Soldiers, 1917 - 1922, 1917.
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PVT. 101 INF. 26 DIV.
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