The following data records the death and burial of most men in the 313th Machine Gun Battalion who were Killed in Action or Died of Wounds. The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) tables do not include those men who died by accident or disease. The data complied by the ABMC publication "80th Division, Summary of Operations in the World War" reflects a total of 28 men who were Killed in Action (18) or Died of Wounds (10). 

 

"Unsupported, raked by shellfire, and pressed on three sides, the troops in the swale broke and fled. The survivors huddled on the rear slope of Hill 274, pounded by regular, cruelly accurate blasts of shrapnel that cut whole squads to pieces at a time." A quote from Author Edward Lengel in his book To Conquer Hell: The Meuse-Argonne, 1918.

One-hundred years ago, a young buck private named Andrew A. Capets entered the battlefield of the epic Meuse-Argonne Offensive under the command of Captain John Kean. A century later, the son of John Kean meets the grandson of Andrew A. Capets on the anniversary of the beginning of that battle. Both men both bear the namesake of their respective ancestor.