Pvt. Alphonzo LaPointe

Pvt. Alphonzo LaPointe

From the Kane Co. Honor Roll

Co. D       3rd Ill. Inft.

Died – April 24, 1941
Interred at Bluff city Cemetery, Elgin

From the Ill. Adj't. Gen's. Report

Co. D       3rd Ill. N. G.

Home of record listed as Elgin, Ill.
Enlisted – June 17, 1898
Mustered In – June 17, 1898 at Chickamauga Park, Ga.
     Arrived at Newport News July 24, 1898.   Sailed on board the 'St. Louis' for Puerto Rico.   Duty in the area of Guayama, Puerto Rico until Nov. 2, 1898.   Embarked on board the 'Roumiai' for New York arriving Nov. 9, 1898.   Ordered to home station vis railroad arriving Nov. 11, 1898.
Mustered Out – Jan. 18, 1899 at Joliet, Ill.

       Known Actions;
Aug. 2, 1898 – Under fire while landing at Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Aug. 5, 1898 – Battle at Guayama, Puerto Rico
Aug. 8, 1898 – Engagement north of Guayama, Puerto Rico
Aug. 13, 1898 – Engagement north of Guayama, Puerto Rico

From the Elgin Sexton's Ledger
Died – April 24, 1941
Aged – 71 / 10 / 10
Permit #30466
Interred – April 26, 1941
Cause of Death – Carcinoma of Stomack (sic)
Undertaker retained – Wait, Ross, Allison
Condition – Male / White

Obit-April 24, 1941 issue of the Daily Courier News
     Alphonso “Punch' LaPointe, 72 years old, a lifelong resident of Elgin, died this morning in veterans hospital at Hines, Ill., where he had been receiving treatment since Feb. 3.
     He was born in this city on June 14, a son of Joseph and Zoe LaPointe.
     Mr. LaPointe was one of Elgin's first newsboys, selling “extras” of many notable events before the turn of the century.   A cook by trade, he worked for many years for Charles E. Giertz & Son, contractors operating the cook house for bangs of men engaged in construction work.
     During the Spanish American war he served in Cuba with Company D of Aurora.
     Mr. Lapoint was never married and the only survivor is a brother, Joseph LaPointe of this city.
     Funeral arrangements are incomplete.