Name/Title
Hancock/Weine WWI Musette BagEntry/Object ID
Gear2023.26Description
This bag has two owners and according to a handwritten note, the bag originally belonged to Lt. Richard H. Weine and was transferred to Lt. Frank W. Hancock after Lt. Weine was wounded.
The note reads:
"I carried this bag during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive October, 1918. It originally belonged to a Lieut R. Weine who was hit within 24 hours after joining the 11th Inf."
signed: J Woodson Hancock
Richard Henry Weine
2nd Lieutenant
O-
Company L
60th Infantry
Date of birth: September 9, 1892
Place of birth:
Date of death: January 25, 1964
Place of death:
Date of enlistment:
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Date of discharge:
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Frank Woodson Hancock Jr.
O-1492?
Date of birth: October 27, 1892
Place of birth: Washington, D.C
Date of death:
Place of death:
Date of enlistment:
Place of enlistment: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date of discharge: June 15, 1919
Place of discharge: Camp Lee, Virginia
Officers Training Camp
Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
August 27, 1917-November 27, 1917
11th US Infantry Regiment
5th Infantry Division
November 27, 1917-March 15, 1919
318th Infantry
March 15, 1919-June 5, 1919
Engagements:
Vosges Mountains
St. Mihiel
Meuse Argonne Offensives
Wounded:
Near Cunel, France on October 20, 1918Create Date
January 30, 2024Update Date
July 23, 2025
