Edmond Genet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American aviator
Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1896
Place of Birth: Ossining, New York, United States
Date of Death: 17-Apr-1917
Profession: aircraft pilot
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Edmond Genet
- Edmond Charles Clinton Genet (November 9, 1896 – April 17, 1917) was the first American flier to die in the First World War after the United States declared war against Germany, shot down by anti-aircraft artillery on April 17, 1917. Genet had deserted from the US Navy in 1915 to travel to France and fought for over a year with the French Foreign Legion in the trenches of eastern France.
- After six months of training, he joined the Lafayette Escadrille, a squadron of fighter aircraft that mostly consisted of Americans.
- Genet was killed less than four months later.
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