Wittenberg University - Witt Yearbook (Springfield, OH)

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I9i 3 Ij ? Ut 11 n b r g ? r 1919 D. S. C. Sergeant E. Gray Swingle f GRADUATED from Wittenberg College in 1917 and enlisted v“4'in the service of his country shortly afterwards. While in college he was one of the most active Wittenbergers that ever attended the college. As a civilian he was a thorough gentleman, as a soldier he was more than that. He was one of the first Ohio men to lay down his life, and the memory of his valor as is told on later pages will never be forgotten. For his valor he received the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the highest honor our government can bestow.

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ms? ®1|? Itittgnhgrggr 1919 Lieutenant Walter H. Weaver X ALTER H. WEAVER was born December 28, 1882, in Spring- field, Ohio. He graduated from Wittenberg Academy in 1900 and entered college in the fall of the same year, afterward taking special work in Chemistry. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and was interested in college athletics, although not actively so. On leaving college he became identified with the Engineering De- partment of the City of Springfield, and the Central Contract and Finance Company as civil engineer for special work as well as carrying on private practice during 1916, and up to September, 1917, when he went to Wilbur Wright Aviation Field as civil engineer in charge of work on the flying field. Having been previously rejected for military service through physical disability Mr. Weaver made application for overseas service with the American Red Cross, in April, 1918, and sailed with that organization on June 11th. In Paris on July 9th he received commis- sion of First Lieutenant. Lieutenant Weaver was attached to the 27th Division under Major General O’Ryan as Red Cross representative, when this division played such an important part in breaking through the Hindenburg line with terrible loss. He was gassed and taken with a heavy cold, which resulted in pneumonia. He died in a hospital at Boulogne sur- Mer, October 29th, 1918. jcvcn