World War I Chronology, November 1917 (100 Years Ago)-- Part 1: First American Battle Casualties

NOVEMBER 3--  First U.S. Lethal Firefight.

U.S. troops engage in trench skirmishing for the first time near Bathelemont in the Luneville Dector near Nancy, France.

Three members of F Company, 2nd battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Division are the first American Killed In Action:  James B. Gresham, Thomas F Enright and Merle D. Hay.

NOVEMBER 5--  The American armed yacht Alcedo (SP-166) is torpedoed and sunk by UC-71 off France:  22 lives are lost.

The War Heats Up for the U.S..  --DaCoot