THE TROY TIMES, TROY, N. Y.,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1918.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Former Trojan, Called in Draft, Died
In French Hospital Alter Being
Wounded in Battle-Other Local
Soldiers Wounded-In the Casualty
List.
Private Joseph A. Oligny of Com-
pany D, Sixty-first United States Infantry,
a native of this city and a resident
of South Troy most of his life, has
died from the wounds which he received
in action about October 19, according
to a telegram received by his
father, Alfred Oligny, who lives on the
Cohoes Road at Arch Street, in the
town of Colonie, just west of Green
Island. About December 7 the father
received an official telegram that his
son had been wounded severely in action
and was then in a hospital behind
the lines in France. Private Oligny was
born in this city twenty-three years
ago and resided in South Troy most of
his life, until a couple of years ago,
when he went into the grocery business
for himself on the Cohoes Road., He
was a member of St. Jean Baptist
Church and attended St. Jean's School
as a boy. He was also a member of
the Cercle Lavallee. When called in the
draft in October, 1917, he was sent to
Camp Devens with a local contingent,
and then went to Camp Greene in
North Carolina for training. He went
overseas in an infantry regiment from
Camp Merritt, N. J., about April 15
last, and in France was assigned among
other replacements in the Sixty-first
Regiment of Regulars. According to
the last letter received from the young
soldier, dated October 10, he was in the
St. Mihiel drive. Beside his father. Private
Oligny is survived by one brother,
Henry Oligny, and four sisters, Lea,
Agnes and Edith Oligny, of Colonie,
and Mrs. Albert La France of Cleveland,
Ohio.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1918.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Former Trojan, Called in Draft, Died
In French Hospital Alter Being
Wounded in Battle-Other Local
Soldiers Wounded-In the Casualty
List.
Private Joseph A. Oligny of Com-
pany D, Sixty-first United States Infantry,
a native of this city and a resident
of South Troy most of his life, has
died from the wounds which he received
in action about October 19, according
to a telegram received by his
father, Alfred Oligny, who lives on the
Cohoes Road at Arch Street, in the
town of Colonie, just west of Green
Island. About December 7 the father
received an official telegram that his
son had been wounded severely in action
and was then in a hospital behind
the lines in France. Private Oligny was
born in this city twenty-three years
ago and resided in South Troy most of
his life, until a couple of years ago,
when he went into the grocery business
for himself on the Cohoes Road., He
was a member of St. Jean Baptist
Church and attended St. Jean's School
as a boy. He was also a member of
the Cercle Lavallee. When called in the
draft in October, 1917, he was sent to
Camp Devens with a local contingent,
and then went to Camp Greene in
North Carolina for training. He went
overseas in an infantry regiment from
Camp Merritt, N. J., about April 15
last, and in France was assigned among
other replacements in the Sixty-first
Regiment of Regulars. According to
the last letter received from the young
soldier, dated October 10, he was in the
St. Mihiel drive. Beside his father. Private
Oligny is survived by one brother,
Henry Oligny, and four sisters, Lea,
Agnes and Edith Oligny, of Colonie,
and Mrs. Albert La France of Cleveland,
Ohio.
THE TROY TIMES, TROY, N. Y.,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1918.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Former Trojan, Called in Draft, Died
In French Hospital Alter Being
Wounded in Battle-Other Local
Soldiers Wounded-In the Casualty
List.
Private Joseph A. Oligny of Com-
pany D, Sixty-first United States Infantry,
a native of this city and a resident
of South Troy most of his life, has
died from the wounds which he received
in action about October 19, according
to a telegram received by his
father, Alfred Oligny, who lives on the
Cohoes Road at Arch Street, in the
town of Colonie, just west of Green
Island. About December 7 the father
received an official telegram that his
son had been wounded severely in action
and was then in a hospital behind
the lines in France. Private Oligny was
born in this city twenty-three years
ago and resided in South Troy most of
his life, until a couple of years ago,
when he went into the grocery business
for himself on the Cohoes Road., He
was a member of St. Jean Baptist
Church and attended St. Jean's School
as a boy. He was also a member of
the Cercle Lavallee. When called in the
draft in October, 1917, he was sent to
Camp Devens with a local contingent,
and then went to Camp Greene in
North Carolina for training. He went
overseas in an infantry regiment from
Camp Merritt, N. J., about April 15
last, and in France was assigned among
other replacements in the Sixty-first
Regiment of Regulars. According to
the last letter received from the young
soldier, dated October 10, he was in the
St. Mihiel drive. Beside his father. Private
Oligny is survived by one brother,
Henry Oligny, and four sisters, Lea,
Agnes and Edith Oligny, of Colonie,
and Mrs. Albert La France of Cleveland,
Ohio.
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1918.
DIED OF WOUNDS.
Former Trojan, Called in Draft, Died
In French Hospital Alter Being
Wounded in Battle-Other Local
Soldiers Wounded-In the Casualty
List.
Private Joseph A. Oligny of Com-
pany D, Sixty-first United States Infantry,
a native of this city and a resident
of South Troy most of his life, has
died from the wounds which he received
in action about October 19, according
to a telegram received by his
father, Alfred Oligny, who lives on the
Cohoes Road at Arch Street, in the
town of Colonie, just west of Green
Island. About December 7 the father
received an official telegram that his
son had been wounded severely in action
and was then in a hospital behind
the lines in France. Private Oligny was
born in this city twenty-three years
ago and resided in South Troy most of
his life, until a couple of years ago,
when he went into the grocery business
for himself on the Cohoes Road., He
was a member of St. Jean Baptist
Church and attended St. Jean's School
as a boy. He was also a member of
the Cercle Lavallee. When called in the
draft in October, 1917, he was sent to
Camp Devens with a local contingent,
and then went to Camp Greene in
North Carolina for training. He went
overseas in an infantry regiment from
Camp Merritt, N. J., about April 15
last, and in France was assigned among
other replacements in the Sixty-first
Regiment of Regulars. According to
the last letter received from the young
soldier, dated October 10, he was in the
St. Mihiel drive. Beside his father. Private
Oligny is survived by one brother,
Henry Oligny, and four sisters, Lea,
Agnes and Edith Oligny, of Colonie,
and Mrs. Albert La France of Cleveland,
Ohio.
Inscription
JOSEPH OLIGNY
PVT 1 CL 61 DIV 5 INF
NEW YORK OCT 14, 1918
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