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

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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—

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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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Wt6 -i.9i9 ;£c RALPH E. HALLDORSON, Ex- ' 12 Ralph E. Halldorson arrived wltlr his con- tingent at Camp DIx, New Jersey, on July 27, 1918. He was Immediately transferred to the 59th Pioneer Infantry Headquarters Company. On August 31, he sailed with his company for France, and upon arriving there, was taken sick with pneumonia and died September 18, 1918. When Ralph en- tered the service, he was in charge of a studio at Syracuse, New York. LEE WILSON BIRD, Ex- ' 19 Lee Wilson Bird was a Lieutenant In the Aviation Service and was Instantly killed in a tall spin fall, Dec. 7, 1918, at Brooks Field San Antonio, Texas. He was a student in the School of IVIInes In Colorado, and was transferred to the University of Nebraska. His home was at North Platte. Nebraska. MORRIS NATHAN LIEBMAN, E. E., ' 00 Lt. Col. Morris Nathan Liebman enlisted in the army as a private and was gradually and steadily promoted until on May 3, 1917, he received his commission as Lt. Colonel. While at his battalion headquarters on the Flanders front, a shell struck the building he was in and he was instantly killed. Lt. Colonel Liebman was assigned to the 105th Infantry, which was a New York Division. I WILLIAM ALEXANDER CONE, Ex- ' 17 William Cone, a member of the 356th Infan- try, 89th Division. The details regarding his death are lacking except for a Government telegram stating, Killed In action, Novem- ber 11, 1918. He was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Cone, of Wymore, Nebraska. -16—