Marquette University - Hilltop Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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WILLARD G. MATHER, Company A, Marquette S. A. T. C. Born September Seventeenth, 1918. Died of influenza December Sixth, 1918. Buried at Apple-ton, Wisconsin. Enlisted September, 1918. Mather was registered in the Engineering department and after a short illness died of influenza. He graduated from Riverside High School and joined the S. A. T. C. unit at Marquette last fall. He was popular during the short time at Marquette and his pleasing personality and noble character was the keynote of his success and won him many friends wherever he went. Mather was given a military funeral at Appleton, Wisconsin. WALTER H. LUDWIG. Private. Company Eighteen, One Hundred Sixty-first Depot Brigade. Born July Ninth, 1894, Milwaukee. Died of pneumonia at Camp Grant, October Seventh, 1918. Enlisted May Twenty-seventh, 1918. Ludwig was about to enter an Officers’ Training Camp when he was stricken by pneumonia and passed into the Great Beyond, five months after the date of his enlistment. He entered Marquette Law school in 1913 and received his degree in the June of 1917. His father was the late John C. Ludwig, Judge of the Circuit Court of Milwaukee County. Up to the time of his enlistment Ludwig was employed in the law offices of his brother, Emil Ludwig.

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JOSEPH J. LEONARD. Died of pneumonia October Six-teenth, 1918. Buried at Morn Hall Cemetery, England. Enlisted June, 1917. Leonard was one of the first Marquette men to be a victim of pneumonia. Shortly after his arrival at Portsmouth, England, he became ill and died four days later at Shirley Hospital, Shirley, England. The following letter was received by his father from Lieutenant A. M. Kiss of the communication department: “It is a matter of regret that I can give you no words from him during his last illness, since being stationed here I had no opportunity of visiting him. The interment at the cemetery at Morn Hall was with full military honors. The services were conducted by United States Army Chaplain McGuigan and Lieutenant W. J. O’Connor, representative of the American Red Cross. Three volleys were fired over the grave by a squad of non-commissioned officers and the impressive services were ended by the last call of taps.” THEODORE JOSEPH LINS, United States Navy. Bora October First, 1899. Died of influenza November Eighteenth, 1918. Buried at Spring Green. Enlisted September, 1918. Lins was transferred from the Navy to the Marquette Naval Unit and after ten days' illness died at St. Mary’s Hospital. Father Muehlmann officiated at an impressive naval service in Milwaukee and a detachment of twenty-four sailors and a lieutenant accompanied the casket to Spring Green, where the last funeral rites were conducted. He was buried with full military honors. Lins was a member of the Engineering department. He was in his freshman year at the University. - Twelve

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WILLIAM T. MURPHY, First Lieutenant Observation Balloon Unit. Born 1888, Milwaukee. Died of influenza November Second, 1918, at Grantham, England. Shortly after war was declared, Murphy offered his services to Uncle Sam and was commissioned a first lieutenant and stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas. He trained here for several months and then was sent overseas. Murphy graduated from the Marquette Medical school and was a partner of his uncle, Dr. J. P. Ward, of Waukesha. His death came unexpectedly, nine days before the signing of the armistice. He is survived by a wife and four children. lr=r== i J i t ir ■ = - J HAROLD EDWARD REILLY. Eighty-First Company, Sixth Machine Gun Battalion, Marines. Killed in action November Second, 1918. Buried in the American Battle Area Cemetery at Landres et St. Georges, Ardennes. Enlisted May, 1917. It was the third of the four greatest American battles that demanded the life of Reilly. After recovering from wounds received at St. Mihiel he returned to his company November First and the next day was ordered to attack regardless of shell fire. He was carrying a machine gun and his “bunkie,” the tripod when a shell exploded behind them killing them both instantly. Funeral services were conducted by the Regimental chaplain and he was buried with full military honors. Up to the time of his enlistment Reilly was in the Economics department. Fourteen