George Gaylord MacNish
Graduating
Class of 1916
Served in
World War I
Lieutenant
George Gaylord MacNish
Army
161st Infantry Regiment
Company I
Hometown
Stevens Point, WI
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Châteauroux, France
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Suresnes, France
More About Lieutenant MacNish
Lieutenant MacNish was sent overseas in December, 1917, and had applied to be transferred to the front just before his death. Lieutenant MacNish, one of his superior officers claimed, he was “one of the best bayonet instructors in the army.”
He died at an American base hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by an accident with a bayonet while he was instructing. He is buried at Suresnes American Cemetery.