Joseph B. Sanborn
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Lt. General Joseph Brown Sanborn |
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| Born |
December 8, 1855 Chester, New Hampshire |
| Died | December 22, 1934 (aged 79) Chicago, Illinois |
| Buried | Chicago, Illinois |
| Allegiance | American |
| Service/branch | United States Army, Illinois National Guard |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Honor, Croix de Guerre, and Order of Leopold |
| Spouse(s) | Julie Flanders (1859-1921), Willa Alice Weck (1876-1952) |
Joseph Brown Sanborn (1855-1934) was Commander of the 131st Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Division during World War I.
Joseph B. Sanborn was born on December 8, 1855, in Chester, New Hampshire, to Rachel and Josiah Sanborn. Sanborn moved to Chicago in 1887.
Joseph B. Sanborn enlisted in the Illinois National Guard as a private on March 8, 1880. Private Sanborn won his first commission in 1882. He worked his way up from second lieutenant in 1882 to first lieutenant in 1884, to captain in 1886, and to major in 1891.
Sanborn commanded the first battalion of the First Illinois Volunteer Infantry in the Santiago campaign of the Spanish–American War. On December 22, 1898, he was made Major of the First Infantry Illinois National Guard. During the Mexican Border disturbances in 1916 Sanborn was colonel. In 1917, the First Illinois Infantry became the 131st Regiment, U.S. Infantry, and "answered the call to service in the war with Germany."
On May 30, 1918, Colonel Sanborn arrived in France with the 131st Regiment. They participated in the Somme and Meuse-Argonne offensives between August 8, 1918, and November 11, 1918.
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