Walter Englisby

Born: 2/2/1894 - 8/14/1965
Buried: Long Island National Cemetery
2040 Wellwood Ave
Farmingdale NY 11735
Section 2a Site 3869

Lived at 1443 Fifth Ave NYC.
Parents: Patrick Englisby (Ireland)  Agnes Englisby (England)
Brothers and Sisters:
Mary DOB 1/1888
Charles M DOB 11/1890
Edward DOB 9/1896
Elizabeth DOB 9/1899

Military:

Inducted into the Army September 29, 1917 age: 23 years 7/12 months.

Serial Number: 1897361

302 Engineers
Co A 325 NF
His Captain was Tom Scully

Engagements:

Sagney (Livonville)
Sagney (Limey)
Seille
Seille Defensive
St. Mihiel Offensive
Meuse Argonne

Wounded slightly Oct 14, 1918

Served overseas April 25, 1918 - May 17, 1919
Discharged May 26, 1919

0 % Disable

Notable Engagements:

Battle of St Mihiel 9/12/1918 - 9/15/1918
General John Pershing Commander
US Casualties 7,000 (4500 KIA, 2500 Wounded)
Germans: 22,500

Battle of Seille 10/17/1918 - 10/26/1918

Meuse Argonne Offensive AKA Mass-Argonne Offensive and battle of the Argonne Forest
Fought 9/26/1918 - 11/11/1918 (Armistice Day)
Front stretched whole western front
Involved 1.2 Million US Soldiers -- largest in US History
Losses:
     US 26,277 KIA 95,786 Wounded
     French 70,000 Casualties
     Germans 28k KIA 26k Prisoners

*NOTES:

Purple Heart
Gassed in WWI
Never Married.
Doorman in Manhattan

Red Shirt Friday: A story about Honor Courage Commitment

You may not have this in any TV news. With red shirt Friday I’ve was browsing twitter, facebook and the web to find a hero’s story Casey Owens.

This Marine enlisted after 9/11 and fought in Iraq. He was wounded while trying to save another Marine. His wounds on the outside was both leg’s partially amputated. Internally, PTSD and TBI

Then on Semptember 21, 2004 as noted in Casey’s sister Lezleigh Kleibrink diary—

"Donn, my stepdad, got a call from Twentynine Palms (Marine base) Tuesday afternoon. A sergeant read him an e-mail that Casey had been injured in an accident, that he had his leg amputated, that he had shrapnel in the neck and was going to be moved to Germany. And that was it."

The healing journey starts.

 A CBS story Watch here explains working unsuccessfully with the bureaucracy of the VA. He attended Bush’s inaugural watch here with his Mother next to him.

 After painful waiting 6 months, he receives the necessary operation to his right leg with the goal to attend college.

Due to his internal injuries college didn’t work out.

In 2008 he testified in front of congress ttestimony at congress

saying the attitude of the government to think it’s the veteran’s duty to fix’s their own problem. This is not right. We as a nation own it to our veteran’s to help in their healing.

 The last few years Casey was an Paralympics skier and marathoner. It seemed all was good.  On October 16^th, Casey lost his battle to PTSD.

 

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