Joe Dumas
| Date and Place of Birth: | 1893 North Adams, MA |
| Date and Place of Death: | October 11, 1918 France |
| Baseball Experience: | Amateur |
| Position: | Third Base |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Military Unit: | Company I, 327th Field Artillery, 82nd Division US Army |
| Area Served: | France |
Joseph Dumas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Dumas, was born in 1893
in North Adams, Massachusetts. Dumas played third base for amateur teams
the Eagles, the Hustlers, Marshall A.C., the Amateurs, and was captain
of the Ramblers in 1917. He was also a member of the North Adams city
team in 1914.
Dumas entered service with the Army at Camp Devens, Massachusetts on
October 10, 1917. He later served at Camp Gordon, Georgia, and Camp
Upton, New York, before going overseas on April 25, 1918.
Corporal Dumas served in France with Company I, 327th Field Artillery of
the 82nd Division. He was killed in action on October 11, 1918, and is
buried at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery in
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France.
“‘Quiet Joe’ [as] he was known on local diamonds,” said the North Adams
Evening Transcript upon news of his death, “directed his attention to
playing the game and it was seldom that he could be drawn into an
argument. He was always reliable and there was never any doubt about the
dizzy corner being well taken care of when Joe was its guardian.”
The grave of Joe Dumas at the Meuse-Argonne
American Cemetery in
Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Lorraine, France
Sources
North Adams Evening Transcript, April 16, 1914
North Adams Evening Transcript, May 26, 1914
North Adams Evening Transcript, April 7, 1917
North Adams Evening Transcript, December 16, 1918
Date Added September 9, 2013
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