Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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LEON R. MEAD, ’17 NEWBERRY, PA. Commissioned Second Lieutenant at Fort Niagara, August'15, 1917; assigned to 7th U. S. Infantry; transferred to 8th Machine Gun Battalion. Camp Greene, N. C.; sailed for France February 27. 1918; attended French Machine Gun School and finished with honors in four weeks; commissioned First Lieutenant and ordered to the front, June 1, 1918; commanded company during two weeks of fighting in Chateau Thierry and Argonne Forest; cited for bravery July 26, 1918; wounded by shrapnel but carried on advance until he fell; died of wounds at Evacuation Hospital, November 2, 1918; buried in American Cemetery in France. CHARLES S. MONTGOMERY, T8 ROSELLE PARK, N. J. Enlisted in Quartermaster’s Corps in spring of 1917: assigned to Officers’ School, Camp Upton; commissioned a Lieutenant and sailed for France in April; took an active part in the Argonne Drive of the 26th in which he received a severe gun-shot wound in the abdomen, September 27. 1917; died from this wound September 28, 1917. Lieu- tenant Montgomery has the distinction of being the first Gettysburg man to lose his life in “The World War.” DR. GEORGE R. PRETZ, ’05 LEBANON, PA. Entered the service October 5, 1917. as First Lieutenant in Medical Corps; spent short time at Officers' Training School. Camp Greenleaf, Ga.; ordered to Syracuse Re- cruiting Camp, September 20, 1918, to assist in overcoming the influenza epidemic, while engaged in this work contracted influenza himself; died of the disease October 5, 1918, at Crouse Irving Hospital, Syracuse, N. Y. RICHARD L. SMITH, EX-’22 WAYNESBORO, PA. Inducted into service October 1, 1918, at Pennsylvania College; served as Private in S. A. T. C. at Pennsylvania College for three months; suddenly became ill and died at the College Infirmary, December 14, 1918. VERL E. C. SNIDER, ’18 TANEYTOWN, MI). Mustered into the service as member of Hospital Corps of 79th Division, at Camp Meade, October, 1917; sailed for France July 5, 1918; saw active service on the front at Mt. Feacon; killed in action September 28, 1918. GEORGE E. SNYDER, EX-T5 NEW OXFORD, PA. Enlisted in U. S. Naval Reserves as First Class Hospital Apprentice, Philadelphia. Assigned to duty immediately at U. S. Naval Hospital, Philadelphia; sailed for France with U. S. Base Hospital No. 5, September 15, 1917; served with this organization at Brest, France; promoted to Pharmacist’s Mate, Second Class; recommended for promo- tion to Ensign but fell victim to influenza and pneumonia; died September 20, 1918. 11

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