University of Wisconsin Stout - Tower Yearbook (Menomonie, WI)

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Marvin T. Thompson, First Lieutenant, 30th Infantry, U. S. A. Marvin T. Thompson graduated from the Menomouie High School in I ' M? and received his diploma from the Stout Institute in August, 1917, while in the military service. .Marvin unlisted in Co. II. 3rd Wisconsin National Guard, in January, 1 ' 14-. and served throughout the Mexican trouble on the border. When his enlist- ment with Company H expired in January, 1917, he transferred to the Regular Army Reserves. In July he was recalled for service with the Reserves at Cam]) Douglas. Utcr serving there for a few weeks he was transferred to the Officers ' Training Camp at Camp Sheridan, where he received his commission in November, 1917. Lieutenant Thompson reached France early in 1918, and was immediately assigned to an active sector with the 30th Infantry, I ' , S. A. He was killed on July 15, 1918, at Alontiguy, a few miles from Chateau Thierry, His body lies in grave Number 124, Section R, Plot 3, American Cemetery 508, Seringes et Nesles, Aisne, Franc ROBERT E. Kkxhau.. First Lieutenant, 312th Infantry. U. S. A. Robert F. Kendall entered tlie tirsl officers ' (raining camp at Madison Bar- racks, New York, and received his comission as first lieutenant, 312th Infantry. (. amp Dix, Xew Jersey. Lieutenant Kendall arrived in I ' ranee June, 1918, and began training with the 303d Ammunition Train at the Artillery Training Camp near Tannes. )n .August 16th he wrote: We leave for the front tomorrow and whatever hap- pens, T am satisfied that it couldn ' t be for a better cause. ' ' While on duty in the Argonnc, he was gassed and sent back to the Base Hospital. After conveiescence he was transferred to the Headquarters Company, Isl Army Corps, where he remained on duty until the Armistice was signed. Sailing from Brest on the Hospital Ship, Leviathan, he landed in Xew York April 2, 1919. While visiting his wife and babe in UufTalo he contracted pneu- monia, which, together with anaemia induced by gas poisoning, caused his death aL the General Hospital Number 46, Staten Island, Xew York, August 16, 1919. Theodore Thompson, Theodore Thompson graduated from the Superior High School in 1915, and from The Stout Institute in I ' M 7. Prior to entering the service he was teaching .Manual T raining in the (irangeville High School of Idaho. Air. Thompson enlisted in the Mechanical Training Corps at the University of Wisconsin, August 15, 1918. He died October 9, 1918, of influenza and pneu- monia. Emit, C. Kkhkning, Sergeant, Battery C, I . A. R. I). Emil Kroening graduated from The Stout Institute in I ' M 7. and the following year taught industrial Arts in the Checota High School of ( iklahoma. Emil entered the military service June 28. 1918, and was sent to Camp Tay- lor, Kentucky, where he died Februan 4, I ' M ' ). His death was caused by in- fluenza and pneumonia. Sergeant Kroening was a graduate of the Wausau High School and of the Wausau Agricultural School. lie was an earnest, faithful student, well thought of bv his associates and teachers.