Dartmouth College - Aegis Yearbook (Hanover, NH)

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25fnjamin liir0ftinD, I ' Fa Marietta, Pennsylvania Ben, H ' lest Franklin and Marshall Academy; Soccer Team (1). Benjamin Hiestand was killed on the morning of June 10, 1918, at Dorr field, Arcadia, Ha., where he was serving as an instructor. Twelve cadets had been grad- uated from the flymg school under his tutelage, and he met his death while instructing his thirteenth pupil in difficult landings, Hiestand Field at Arcadia was named for him in recognition of his services. Lieutenant Hiestand, whose home was in Marietta, Pa., was born August 1 1 , 1897. In the fall of 1916 he entered Dartmouth from Franklin and Marshall Acad- emy, and remained here until the following March, when he enlisted as a radio operator in the Naval Reserve Force. He was stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., and later sent to the Harvard Radio School for more advanced work. While at Harvard he was taken sick, and was finally discharged although he had by that time recovered his health. He re-enlisted soon after in the Army Air Service and received his ground school training at Austin, Texas. He later attended the flying school at Kelly Field No. 2, San Antonio, Texas, where he received his commission, graduating second in a class of 1 50. After completing his course. Lieutenant Hiestand was stalnoned at Dorr Field in charge of special work in forced landings and pursuit. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Hiestand, of NL rietta, and his brother, Fitzgerald Hiestand, U. S. N. R. F. 13

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Randolph, Vermont Boh Randolph High School; Freshman Baseball Squad; Non- Alhletic Managership Compelilion (2). Robei t Augustus Hatch died in P lance from wounds received in action Octo- ber 5, 1918. Except that he was wounded in the Argonne Sector and that he had been in several severe engagements, no details have been received concerning the battle in which he was wounded. Word has been received through the Red Cross that he was buried in the Military Cemetery at Chalons-sur-Marne. Hatch was born in San Diego, Cal., August 21, 1897. He received his college preparation at the Randolph, Vt., High School, and was a member of the sophomore class at the time of his enlistment in the Marine Corps, April, 1918. He was first sent to Paris Island, S. C, for training, where he qualified as an expert rifleman, and showed such marked ability with the rifle that he was offered a position m the rifle training department. In June he was transferred to Quantico, Va., from which he sailed for France July 1. Soon after hjs arrival overseas he was assigned to the 5th Regiment, and served with Company 47, 3rd Battalion. On account of his skill in baseball he was made a grenadier. Hatch took part in several important engagements on the western front during the summer months before he fell in the Argonne Sector. Hatch is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Hatch of Randolph, Vt, and a brother, Harry C. Hatch, serving as a sergeant-chauffeur in France. 12

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Charles airianDrr liopfeins Newark, New Jersey Hoppy, Charlie Barringer Mlgh School; Freshman Football Team: Freshman Track Team. Charles Alexander Hopkins was killed January 30, 1918, in an accident to the airplane in which he was flying. He had already been injured once, less than two weeks before the fall that proved fatal to himself and his companion, Frank B. Turner, with whom he had made several flights. His death was mentioned by General Persh- ing in his official dispatch of the day. Shortly after his birth in New York City, October 24, 1895, Hopkins ' family moved to Newark, N. J., where he spent most of his life. He prepared for college at the Barringer High School, where he achieved a great reputation as an athlete, before coming to Dartmouth. In the spring of 1917 he joined the Dartmouth Am- bulance Unit, and sailed for France May 5. He soon transferred to the Aviation Corps, however, and was sent to Tours for training under French instructors. On December 1 7, while he was making a tour of the field, Hopki ns ' plane was struck by a snow storm, and he lost his direction in altitude. He attempted to make a landing, but was unable to control the plane in the storm and plunged 30 feet to the ground. Although he was thrown out over the propellor and slightly injured, he showed no effects of the fall when he made another flight a few days later. It was a short time after this that the accident occurred which caused the death of the two men. Hop- kins is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hopkins, of Newark, N. J. 14