Application for Headstone for Looking Back Isaac
4/22/1929
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This document is the veteran's headstone application for Looking Back Isaac, a Native-American who served in the Army during World War I.
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This application for a headstone contains valuable information about the life of Pvt. Isaac Looking Back--killed north of Flirey, France, on September 12, 1918. Unmarried and without children, he was buried in an American cemetery. Eleven years later, his father applied to the War Department for a headstone to mark his son's grave.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General.
National Archives Identifier: 596126
Full Citation: Application for Headstone for Looking Back Isaac; 4/22/1929; Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/application-for-headstone-for-looking-back-isaac, June 10, 2023]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.
