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

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Ocfev oocl, Texas Born March GSlW, at Palestine, Tex¬ as. Received his ea ly schooling at the Palestine and OakwNxKpnhlic schools a the Marshall TvnininoNS faml of — tonio, Texas. Attended A -{ULd,.M froni September, n914, to June, 1917. Joined the Marines in Houston, Texas, July 21, 1917, and was sent to Paris Island, South Carolina, for training and was assigned to the 55th Company, 5th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps. Sailed for France Feb¬ ruary 4, 1918, where he immediately saw front line duty. Instantly killed in the Second Battle of the Marne, July 21, 1918. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gorman, Oakwood, Texas. REER Service Waco, Tfe as Born November 9, 1 898, at Waco, Texas. Received early schooling in the Waco pub- Ljc schools, grajKianng from the High attended the First Ofii- ceks T rainin g Camp at Leon Springs, Texas, and after completing this school was assigned to the Air Service and sent to the School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Texas, for training. Commis¬ sioned First Lieutenant Air Service at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, Novem¬ ber 20, 1917. Sailed for France early in September, 1918, and assigned immediate¬ ly to the last concentration center at Is- soudun, Indre, and was ready to go into action. Killed in an aeroplane accident at Issoudun, October 21, 1918. Mother: Mrs. J. F. Greer, 1410 S. 5th St, Waco, Texas. Page Fifteen

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BENJAMIN H. GARDNER, JR. Second Lmutenant I nfantry 1 ' alestine, Texas Rorn Deeeinber v 14, 3895, at Palestine, Texas. Received his early schooling in the Palestine public schools. Attended and M. from September,to Jime, 1911. Attended the First Officers Train¬ ing Gamp at Leon Springs, Texas, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant In- fantry in August 1917. Assigned to the ‘JSth Infantry and sailed for France Sep¬ tember », 1917. Participated in the Bat¬ tle of Cantigny and the second Battle of the Marne. Was gassed, north of Toul, March 2(i, 1918, but was soon back with his regiment. Was killed July 38, 3911, in the Second Battle of the Marne, south of Soissons. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Gardner, Palestine, Texas. Corporal Marine Corps Uvalde, Texas Born May 7, 189$, at Uvalde, Texas. Attended the Uvalde public school and San Antonitv ' T xas, High School. At- from September, 1935, to -Ju ne, 191 6f Enlisted in the Marine Corps April 7, 1917 and was assigned to the G7th Company, 5th Regiment, U. S. Marine Corps at Galveston, Texas. Sail¬ ed for France May 18, 1917. Was wound¬ ed in the hand by a German bayonet and spent two months in the Winchester, Eng¬ land, hospital. Killed in the battle of Chateau Thierry, June 7, 1918. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Goldbeck, Uvalde, Texas. Ptuje Fourteen

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oil i iiMuy ii GEORGIA LITTLE HARRISON Captain Field Artillery Houston, Texts Born September 16, 1SS7, at Columbus, Texas. Received hiX early schooling in the Columbus public schools and St, Ed¬ wards College, AusthivOPexas. Attendt A. and M. from Septeinl)er, -I904. to Jline, 1906. Appointed Captain Field Artillery May 15, 1917, and assigned to the 32nd Division, Camp McArthur, Texas, as as¬ sistant to Chief of Staff. Sailed for Liver¬ pool, England, January 6, 1918, where he served as disembarkation officer for two months. Attended special Artillery School for Officers in France. In command of Battery “E”, 119th Field Artillery. Placed his battery in line June 16, 1918, and im¬ mediately went into action. Severely wounded July 12, 1918, when the Germans shelled the town of Marvillais, Alsace, and died two days later from his wounds. Parents: Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Harrison, 215% Dennis Ave., Houston, Texas. HAMLET PARI rONES First Lieutenanh ' Engineers Kaufman, Texas Born December 29yT$l93, near Kaufman, Texas. Received his early schooling in the Kaufman publfp schools. Entered A. and M. in September, 1910, and graduated with.the Class of 1913. Went to the First Officers Training Camp at Leon Springs, Texas, and was transferred to the Engi¬ neers Officers Training School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in June, 1917. Com¬ missioned First Lieutenant Engineers in August, 1917, and was assigned as an in¬ structor in the Second Engineers Officers Training School at Fort Leavenworth. Sailed for France December 10, 1917. As¬ signed to Company “D”, 1st Engineers. Was instantly killed May 28, 1918, while leading his men “over the top” in the battle of Cantigny. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones, Kaufman, Texas. r; Page Sixteen