PVT. SONSIRE TRIANGLE MEMORIAL GARDEN

PRIVATE FRANK SONSIRE DIED IN WORLD WAR I AT THE BATTLE OF ARGONNE. BORN IN ROME, ITALY ON JANUARY 7, 1889, SONSIRE CAME TO AMERICA AND MOVED TO 233 NORTH 5TH STREET, IN WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN. HE JOINED THE U.S. ARMY ON MAY 28TH, 1918, AND WENT OVERSEAS ON JULY 9TH. AS A PRIVATE IN COMPANY D, 316TH INFANTRY, HE FOUGHT IN FRANCE AT AVOCOURT AND PROYON, BOTH DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS IN THE LORRAINE SECTOR. HE DIED IN ACTION ON NOVEMBER 9, 1918 NEAR BOIS DE CONSEMOYE, IN THE AGRONNE REGION OF FRANCE-THREE DAYS AFTER GERMANY FORMALLY REQUESTED A TRUCE AND TWO DAYS BEFORE ARMISTICE AND THE END OF THE WAR. HE WAS 29 YEARS OLD.