Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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RICH Aim PLATT BULL JR. Private Coast Artillery Corps Austin, Texas Born September 1, 189G, at. Austin, Tex¬ as. Received his .early schooling in the Austin public schools. , Attended A. a ’ M. from September, 1915, to Jim Unlisted in the Coast ArtiR ary Cp j ] Austin, May 24, 1918 and was sent to Fort Sam Houston. Later he was trans¬ ferred to Fort San Jacinto, Texas, and assigned to the 11th Company, Coast Ar¬ tillery Corps. Accepted in the Coast Or- tillery Radio School at Fort Monroe, Vir¬ ginia, and arrived there October 4, 1918. Contracted influenza while on a furlough home and died October 17, 1918, at his home. Mother: Mrs. It. P. Bull, Austin, Texas. Captain Enf Dallas, Born October 1. ISj O near Celeste, Tex¬ as. Attended the Kingston, Hunt Coun- y, Texas, publicjscJ Ools. Graduated from e Class of 1900. Ap- pdiluted Uapt kf Engineers September 26, 1917, aiicPassigned to the 5th Engineers at Camp Scurry, Corpus Christi, Texas. Transferred to the 537th Engineers in June, 1918. Sailed for France July 12, 1918. Took part in the drives of the Ar- gonne Forest and St. Mihiel. Injured in a truck collision at the end of the St. Mihiel Drive and wounded by an enemy aeroplane bomb October 10, 1918. Killed by a drunken negro private, while at¬ tempting to disarm him, March 21, 1919, near Verdun, France. Wife: Mrs. Kath¬ leen H. Carter, 4410 Thomas St., Dallas, Texas. Page Ten

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THOMAS MED BRAILSFORD First Lieutenant Marine Corps Hobs on, Texas Born May 28, 854, at Crockett, Texas. Received early sclyooiing ' in the Crockett public schools; graclWtmg from the Hig, School in 1912. Grri rom A M. with the Class of 191 Tr Comnnssk yil ' ed Second Lieutenant Marine Corps in June, 1917, and assigned to the Marine Barracks, Port Royal, South Carolina; and later to the Marine Corps Officers Training School at Quantico, Virginia. Sailed for France in February, 1918. Promoted to First Lieutenant in April, 1918, and assigned to the 96th Company, 6th Regiment, Marine Corps. Killed in action at Belleau Woods in June 1918. Father: George Brailsford, Latexo, Texas. TORIES P. BROWN, JR. First Lientenan Infantry San Antoni Texas Born August 2, ISj oVat Austin, Texas. Received his early schooling in the San ntonio public sirfm fls and the San An- A (-su] Vn pi 16 pd A. and M. from Seilfom ibor. 19 IHT 1 o June, 1906. Was com¬ missioned First Lieutenant Infantry at the completion of the First Officers Train¬ ing Camp at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and assigned to the 6th Infantry at Chicka- inauga Park, Ga. Sailed for France April 9, 1918. In action from August 17 to 28 and participated in the capture of the town of Frapelle. Killed by a direct artillery hit September 14, 1918, near Thiacourt, while leading his men over the top in the St. Mihiel Drive. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Tories P. Brown, Sr., San Antonio, Texas. Page Nine

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Born June £6, 1888, at Morganton, North Carolina. Xlt ceived early educa¬ tion in the ChiWtess, Texas, puhli schools. Entered ANahd M. in Septem¬ ber, 3909, and graduate, nTr-the Ckiss of 1913. Entered the army April ' 29, 1918, and assigned to Company “H”, 358th In¬ fantry at Camp Travis, Texas. Sailed for France with his regiment June 19, 1918. Killed in action in the St. Mihiel Drive, September 12, 1918. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Cox, Childress, Texas. Captain InfAn ry El Campo, Texas Born November 26; 892, in Calhoun County, Alabama. Attended the El Campo . exas, public schppls Graduated from A. I. with jtb Class of 1917, going im- mepiafeiy tcPCjarihp Stanley, Texas, to at¬ tend the Pit t Officers Training Camp. At the completion of this camp he was Commissioned Captain Infantry and as¬ signed to command Company “A”, 358th Infantry at Camp Travis, Aexas. Sailed for France June 19, 1918. Was killed in action by high explosive shell September 14, 1918, during the St. Mihiel Drive. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Craig, El Campo, Texas. i Page Eleven