University of Illinois - Illio Yearbook (Urbana Champaign, IL)

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A 9 Rik2QSa- A FEW VITAL FACTS When the war ended, the University of Illinois had 8,190 men and women in the service. Of this number, 4,994 were in the regular service, 3,116 were members of the S. A. T. C. at Champaign, and 80 women were scattered in various branches of the army and navy. 'There were 4,012 men wearing the khaki of Uncle Sam, 564 the naval uniform, While 87 were members of the Marine Corps. In Allied war Work there were 146 representatives, with 265 in unknown branches of service. The University may be proud of it's showing, 2,054 holding commissions, while 3,020 were non-com- missioned officers and privates. One-fifth of the commissioned officers were of the rank of captain or above. Overseas service was seen by 1,159 Illini. Thirty Illinois men wear the Distinguished Service Cross, the Croix de Guerre and other decorations for merited service. Many others have been included in company citations. The casualty lists show that 138 Illini have given their lives in the battle for Democracy. ' .

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Q ,Q 4 sh N., ff as on r -f, We of Illinois Have Fought Lf -1 A Good Fight X1 - ' HI 'rl' llli im 'o i As Illinois men and women all Tia ,I is xy 5 X ll 1' ll' lx over the world stack their guns and their knitting needles after four years in a war that everyday adjectives cannot describe, the Words of St. Paul come back to us over and over: I have fought a good fight. Fighting a good fight, keeping i f fligi x 1 X , In x ll i1 'il ' . . , , , the fa1th of true democracy, battling L-ff ,Q- fr, ' and dying for freedom and decency, MM an Illini have gone through trying ffh' fl times. One hundred and thirty- rg ' Q eight have joined the War's im- mortals, and many still living are B 5 shattered beyond recall- api? my W WJ But hardly so bad as that. -lTW'9 'f-fs l- 2 . . . .-..' iii IHS. Illinois spirit, clear-burning, still 1 4, W - E5 Qty shines on. I 6 12' Hell itself cannot put it out. O 9 By CARL STEPHENS V X' ' - X ffijif Mm1'l.'ll l2e - gi - 1 e e-4e f ll 1 4 9 l A E, 1-.. f , --4----f r Eh-gf! gfr,n agcgzil - ilk 1, G-P mm. --me nw, I :- One THE TWENTY ILLIO , 1 V

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4- Q 13 4 lr I ' x-A 41 fl N ni 'Q O L L 1 I 1 all QL A ff Llufis- TCD. L I . ---X ,.v V-.F V8.1 wfnvgsgy . ' 'QA 1- xv!-Q -.- --faiubn' 157 , ' . M'-' . ' emurnam' f - ,nm M MQQ A - if .... .,..., .. . l,g1m ml, tv Q ' 6.9 9,6 4 -. -- - i, is if fi 4 l X ALAN NEWTON ASH 1914 PAUL McKINNEY CLENDENEN Aviator, Lafayette Flyimr Squadron. Army. 2nd Lt. Kllled in action in the Killed in action at Soissons May 31, St. Mihicl sector Sept. 12, 1918. 1918. 1 Recommended for Distinguished Scr- JOHN WILLARD BAILEY 1915 ' Vlcc Cross- Air Service, Lt. Died of illness in LINN PALMER COOKSON 1919 France, Dec. 4, 1918. , Aviation, Lafayette Escadrille. Died of HAROLD .IOHN BARNES 1917 illness at Carlinvillle, Ill., May. 1918. Ordnance. Candidate O. T, C. Died ROBERT MARSHALL CUTTER 1919 Oct. 7, 1918 at Aberdeen. Md. Quartermaster Corps, Pvt. Died of LLOYD K- BARTHOLOMEW pneumonia, Oct. 8, 1918. S. A. T. C.. Pvt, Died of illness at JOHN HENRY DALLENBACH, 1914 Chainpaixrn, Dec. 4, 1918. Infantry, Corp. Killed in action in BOHUSLAV BARTOS 1919 Arfronne Forest, Oct. 3, 1918. Field Artillery, 2nd Lt. Died ol' ill- BYRON DAUGHERTY ness at Camp Meade. Md., Oct. 8, S. A. T. C., Pvt. Died of illness at 1918. Champaign Oct 15, 1918. FRANK ALLYN BENITZ 1913 RAYMOND ELLIS DAVIS 1917 Royal Flying: Corps, Lt. Killed in Ger- Air Service. lst Lt. Prisoner of war man air raid, Aug. 5, 1918. in Germany. Died in France. MERRIL M. BENSON 1918 THEODORE F. DEMETER 1920 Motor Transport Service. Died of ill- Marine Corps. Pvt. Killed in action ness while returninp: from France. Sept. 16, 1918. EDWARDS HALL BERRY 1914 DAVID WOODS DUNLAP 1915 Field Artillery. lst Lt.. Radio officer. Y, M. C. A. Secretary. Died at Camp Died of illness Nov. 7, 1918. Funston, Nov. 26, 1917. ARTHUR LEWIS BEYERLEIN 1912 JAMES EDWARD DURST Special Medical Corps, lst Lt. Died of illness Infantry, Pvt. Died of illness at at Washington, D. C.. Oct. 13, 1918, Camp Grant, Oct. 3, 1918.. IRVING JEROME BLUESTEIN 1919 JOHN VINCENT DUSHEK 1917 U. S. Naval Reserve Forces. Died of Air Service. lst Lt. Killed in action Died of illness, Oct. 4, 1918. Oct. 16. 1918. v1NsoN RUNYON BOARDMAN 1917 WILLIAM F- EQQHEST lt. 1919 Aviation, Lt. Killed in airplane acci- Inffifmy' Sgt' 1 1 cmsm M' 'On m dent. B1-oaks Field, July 5, 1918. Cg6?E0fEi,1'iI5g1I 7- 1 - ARTHUR' LEE PIONNER' 1918 S. A. T. C., Pvt. fDied of illness at Anti-aircraft Service. Died of wounds Champaign Oct. 14' 1918. received in action, Nov. 24, 1918. ADRIAN CARL EDWARDS 1909 GEORGE RAY BRANNON 1915 Infantry. Lt. -Killed in'action while Navy, radio. Died at Great Lakes Sept. leading a charge on May 11. 1918. 15, 1918. GUY WARD ELLENBERGER WM. EDGAR BROTHERTON 1917 S. A. T. C.. Pvt. Died of illness at Aviation. Lt. Killed in action, Oct. 10, Champaign Dec. 9. 1918. 1918. ELMO KREHL ESON BAYARD BROWN 1916 S. A. T. C., Pvt. Died of illness at Infantry. 2nd Lt. Awarded Croix de Champaign Dee. 6. 1918. Guerre, Died from wounds received OTTO JOHN FELDHAKE , , In Battle of Marne, Oet. 11. 1918. S. A. T. C., Pvt. Died of illness at WALDO REINHART BROWN 1915 Champaign Dec. 17. 1918. Infantry, Private, Died of wounds re- JAMES ALVA GAIN ceived in France, Oct. 5, 1918. S. A. T. C., Pvt. Died of illness at JOHN E. BURROUGHS 1905 Champaign Dec. 8. 1918. Marines. Sat.-Major. Died of illness. FRANCIS M. GAYLORD April 11, 1918. S. A. T. C.. Pvt. Died of illness at CHARLES BOWEN BUSEY 1908 Champaign. Oct. 22. 1918. Infantry, 2nd Lt. Enlisted May 15, LLOYD HAVENS GHISLIN 1918 1917. Killed in action, Nov, 1, 1918. Ordnance Corps, Corp. 1 Died at Fort WM, JOSEPH CALLAHAN 1915 Riley, Kans.. Aufr. 31. 1918. U. S. Naval Reserve Force.. Died of RALPH EGLEY GIFFORD 1917 illness at Great Lakes, Oct. 13, 1918. Tank Corps. Sgt.. Truckmaster. Died JAY I. CARPENTER 1914 at Camp Colt. Pa., Oct, 2, 1918. Signal Reserve Corps, Lt. Killed in ORLANDO M. GOCHNAUR 1915 action. November, 1918. Medical Corps, British army. 1st Lt. LESLIE GEORGE CHANDLER 1918 Killed in action Nov. 6. 1917. Aviation, lst Lt. Killed in airplane ISAAC GOLTRA 1906 accident, March 8. 1918. Lt. Killed at Chateau Thierry June MINOR JUDSON CHAPIN 1919 7, 1218. Distinguished Service Cross N l A ' t' , E ' . K'll l in sea- for ravery. . Tiff... 11215111 .1'E i5Tn1.a.-11,011.11-ai 12. ALGERNON DEW- GORMAN 1919 1918. 1 Chcmlcal Warfare, Sgt. Died of ill- HARRY CLAYTON, ness at Washington. .D, C., Oct. 11, Died of illness in the service. 1918- '. Tlnrcc -I: THE TWEN'l'Y ILLIO ' ' V