Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

 - Class of 1921

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ccrrrsBURG college GOLD STARS. IRI7 — IQIQ. ;0S. GEORGE R PRCTZ. OS. ALOERT D.OELL. ■’10. L.G.R.HITCHINS. 12 C. WALT. OE AVER. 'IS. ED GAR J.EYLER. CEO.E.SNYDER. 17. LEONR.MEAO. (7- RATflOrtD L. HESSON. »'l 7. R.I. FITZ PATRICK. IS. C.S.MONTGOMERY. It. V-E.C.SNIDER. IS. IRA E. LADY. • If. RALPH £. 0RAME. tXO. nCRLC X.OOYER. ■'21.W.I, DEARPORFF. 'a1 RICHARD L. SMITH. « 7. Richard frkas. ’LEST WE FORCET. CHARLES W. BEAVER, T2 ACADEMIA, PA. Enlisted in Quartermaster Corps, St. Louis. Mo.. December 13, 1917; transferred to Camp Custer, Michigan; transferred to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C.; promoted to Corporal; attended Officers' Training School. Camp Johnston, Jacksonville, Fla.: commis- sioned Second Lieutenant: transferred to Quartermaster’s General Office. Washington, D. C.: became ill December 6. 1918, and died at the Walter Reed Hospital, January 7, 1919. REV. ALBERT D. BELL, ’OS SPARROWS POINT. MI). Entered army as a Chaplain. February 1. 1918: attached to 309th Machine Gun Bat- talion, Camp Dix, N. J.; transferred to 310th Infantry and sent overseas. May, 1918: became sick while aiding the sick and wound-d in the front line trenches: suffered attack of influenza and pneumonia; died October 13. 1918. MERLE X. BOYER, EX-’20 CHICAGO, ILL. Entered Officers’ Training School, Fort Sheridan: on account of his youth did not receive a commission; entered Carthage College. October 1. 1918, as non-commissioned officer in S. A. T. C.; contracted pneumonia and died October 9, 1919. RALPH E. BRAME, EX-T9 NEW OXFORD, PA. Enlisted. April, 1917, as Second Class Pharmacist’s Mate in U. S. Navy; attached to Recruiting Force as Physical Examiner, Philadelphia : transferred to Medical Corps of U. S. Marines, Cape May, N. J.; sailed for France, June 13, landing at St. Nazaire; moved with his battery to front, helping to rout German super-guns, at Soissons; weakened by exposure and fatigue, developed influenza and pneumonia : died as result of this sickness, October 25, 1918: buried in the American Cemetery at Souilly Meuse, France. 9

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WILLIAM I. DEARDORFF, EX-’22 OCCOQUAM, VA. Inducted into Battery “A,” 315th Field Artillery, Camp Lee, Va., November 30, 1917 ; sailed tor France, May 26. 1918, from Norfolk, Va.; took an active part in three bat- tles on the American front and was severely wounded October 6, 1918; sent to Base hospital 116 and finally died, October 25, 1918; buried with hero’s honors at Ba .oilles, Vosges. EDGAR J. EYLER, ’15 THURMONT, MI). Enlisted on May 9, 1917; student at Officers’ Training School, Fort Niagara; com- missioned Second Lieutenant August 15, 1917; assigned to Co. “E,” 79th Division, Camp Meade; promoted to First Lieutenant and Battalion Gas Officer, Second Battalion; took active part in Sector 304, N. E. Verdun and Argonne Offensive; killed in action by stomach wound from Machine Gun bullet, October 1, 1918; buried with full military honors in Commune of Avoncourt (Meuse). RICHARD I. FITZPATRICK, EX-T7 ST. PAUL, MINN. Entered Officers’ Training School; transferred to Ground School for Aviators, Princeton, N. J.; graduated and sent to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas, for practice flying; suddenly contracted pneumonia and died March 26, 1918; buried at St. Paul, Minn., with full military honors. RICHARD FREAS, EX-T5 BALTIMORE, MD. Enlisted in Navy before U. S. entry in the war ; stationed at Naval Training Sta- tion, as Third Class Yoeman; later promoted to first class; assigned to transport duty for trans-Atlantic service; promoted to Chief Yoeman and at death was Captain’s Writer; while carrying Captain’s mail to U. S. S. Mt. Vernon his motor gig was cut in half by a destroyer and he was drowned, July 24; buried at Naval Cemetery, Kcrfau- tras, Brest. RAYMOND L. HESSON, T7 TANEYTOWN, MI). Mustered into the service, April 30. 1919: served in 154th Depot Brigade: trans- ferred to 1 leadquarter’s Company of 313th Infantry, 79th Division, and was raised to Corporal Personal. Air-Mail Dept.; sailed for France in July; served with his regiment at the front until September 30; sent to hospital and died, October 6, of lobular pneu- monia. LAWRENCE G. R. HITCHINS, EX-TO FROSTBURG, MD. Entered Officers’ Training Camp. Fort Myer. June. 1917; after a week’s service was stricken with pneumonia and was critically ill for several weeks (this illness greatly im- paired his opportunities at Fort Myer): enlisted in Navy, July, 1918; again contracted pneumonia and died at Naval Base Hospital, Norfolk, Va. IRA E. LADY, EX-T8 ARENDTSVILLE, PA. Enlisted in the Infantry, November 6, 1917. and assigned to the 316th Infantry at Camp Meade; transferred to Camp Stuart, Virginia, and assigned to the Machine Gun Company of Fourth Infantry; sailed for France, April, 1918; saw active service at Chateau Thierry; sent to Officers’ Training School and later commissioned Second Lieutenant; assigned to 79th Division: wounded in fighting in Argonne Forest; sent to Evacuation Hospital No. 15, where he died November 22, 1918. 10

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