University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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i Ti5 1919 m ISHAM REAVI3 GIST, A. B., ' 13. Isham Reavis Gist, of Falls City, Nebraska, enlisted at Ft. Riley on June 26, 1918. He was a sergeant in the Insurance Depart- ment, when he was stricken with influenza- He was ill just a week and passed away October 21, 1918. RAYMOND J. SAUNDERS, A. B., ' 17 Lieut. Raymond Saunders, of Billings. Mon- tana, was among the Nebraska men who went to the first training camp at Ft. Shell- ing. In August 1917, he was transferred to the Aviation branch at Columbus, Ohio, and two months later he sailed for France. He was assigned to the 94th Aero Squadron, which was commanded by Capt. Ricken- bacher. On December 7, 1918, the War De- partment officially reported Raymond Saun- ders as missing In action since October 22. FLOYD WAMBEAM, FACULTY The War Department has given no details concerning the death of Floyd Wambeam, other than he was killed In action. Private Floyd Wambeam enlisted at Camp Funston and later was transferred to the 356th Am- bulance Co., 314th Sanitary Train, 89th Di- vision. His home was at Lincoln, Nebraska. W. LLOYD DAVIS, A. B., ' 08 W. L. Davis, of Lincoln, Nebraska, enlisted in the Marines on April 8, 1918, and was sent to Mare Island. While engaged in a box- ing match. May 22, 1918, he was hit on the head and fell, crushing his skull. He died In the hospital one hour later. —14—

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Tnii l93lg Ss i m PAUL ALBERT HAGELIN, A. B., ' 16 Corporal Paul Albert Hagelin enlisted on April 26, 1918. He was at Camp Funston only three weeks, being immediately as- signed to Co. C, 341 Machine Gun Battalion. On June 25, 1918, he sailed for France and was immediately sent to the front, taking part In the battles at St. Mihiei, Argonne Forest, and Meuse River. On October 31, he was fatally wounded in Argonne Forest re- gion, dying on November 2, 1918. Before entering the service, Paul Hagelin was a teacher in the Commercial Department at Lincoln High School. His home was at Wahoo, Nebraska. FRANK BLAINE SLOANE, Ex- ' 15 Frank Blaine Sloane was stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa, before he sailed for France. While taking more training in England, he became afflicted with influenza and died in an English camp. His home was at Geneva, Nebraska. DAVID D. BARRETT, Ex- ' 19 David D. Barrett came to the University of Nebraska in 1517, from Leiand Stanford, where he had attended college the previous year. In June, 1918, he enlisted in the navy and spent three months at the Great Lakes. He came back to the University of Ne- braska at the opening of the school year to Instruct in the S. N. T.C. He was stricken with influenza and died at a local hospital on September 27, 1918. David Barrett lived at Omaha, Nebraska. HARVEY E. VASEY, ' 13 Harvey E. Vasey, 2nd Lt. Inf. died of influ- enza at Ft. Collins, Colorado, in December, 1918. He was Personnel Adjutant, attached to the S. A. T. C. at the State Agricultural College, where he had been in charge of the work in plant pathology at the time he en- tered an Office rs ' Training School. Before going to Colorado, he had been an assistant at Nebraska. —18-

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a 1SSM919 fgg LIEUT. RICHARD EUGENE COOK, Ex- ' 20 Lieut. Cook, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, a mem- ber of Company H, 126th Infantry, 32nd Di- vision. In the fighting of the Vesle River region of August 4, 1918, Lieut. Cook was among the number who lost their lives. He was a member of the class of 1920. M ' KINLEY POUND, Ex- ' 19 McKinley Pound, of Mt. Vernon, South Da- kota, was a private in the advanced school detachment, 18th Field Artillery, 3rd Divi- sion. The only details received from the War Department are that he was killed In action on October 15, 1918. ROSS LEE WILLIAMS, Ex- ' 09 Lieut. Ross Lee Williams went to the first Training Camp at Ft. Snelling and after com- pleting this course was assigned to the 132nd Machine Gun Company. While fighting not far from Verdun, he was recommended for American decoration for bravery by his cap- tain. On October 10, 1918, he was killed while fighting In the Argonne forest. His home was at Lincoln, Nebraska. LT. ROBERT H. FLANSBURG, A. B., ' 16 Lieut. Flansburg was commissioned at the first O. T. C. at Ft. Snelling and was as- signed to duty with the Rainbow Division in France, where he was killed in action on June 15, 1918. He was a member of the class of 1916, and lived in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his parents. —15—