WWI Deaths, Nov 1818 Newsclip, El Paso County, Colorado Transcribed for the USGenWeb Project by Marta Norton April 10, 2000 The Colorado Springs Gazette Newspaper (El Paso County, Colorado) Sunday, November 24, 1918. "FOR OUR TOMORROW THEY GAVE THEIR TODAY" A wooden cross in an obscure corner of Picardy bears this eulogy to a company of British Soldiers who were cut off from their fellows and fighting an overwhelming force of the enemy: "There, in the glorious morning of their days, for England gave up all but England's praise." But whether in field or camp or ship, from exploding shall or slow disease, those who died in the service of Old Glory deserve the same fine tribute for their measureless sacrifice. It is little enough that those who survive can do for those who did not. Their own reward has long since found them and, sick at heart tho their loved ones may be, they are buoyed up by that solemn pride which comes with so great a gift to so great a cause. It is only as a slight recognition of what the men of El Paso County have done in the Great War that The Gazette presents these pages as a memorial to those who, for America, gave all but America's fondest love and praise. The first to fall were wearing the maple leaf insignia of the Dominion, seeking their right to serve before this country drew the sword. When the first troops from the United States went to France there were representatives of this city and county in their ranks. Some of them, in the terse vernacular of the trench, have "gone West." And as each month of the nation's participation in the struggle passed by, there were hundreds more until full 3,000 sons and daughters from the Pikes Peak region donned the khaki, "the holy color of the last crusade." Forty-five men and two women have made the supreme sacrifice to such records as have been compiled. Effort was made to eliminate the names of those who were not strictly residents of El Paso County. There may be others who have not been reported or errors of omissions might even be made from the known lists. Wherever possible a photo of the soldier or sailor has been obtained and is presented. Where a likeness was not available the known facts about the deceased are presented in a separate list on this page. The two women who are included in the memorial roll are Misses Lois Harlan and Miss Clara Orgren. Miss Harlan was bacteriologist at the base hospital at Camp Logan, Houston, Tex., where she succumbed to influenza. Miss Clara Orgren was one of the company of Red Cross nurses who accompanied Base Hospital Unit No. 29 overseas. She died at Tottenham, near London. The gold stars in the service flag of the city and county are treasured memories to which the whole people population pays loyal tribute and owns a sad, sincere pride. BATES, Almond 823 West Pikes Peak Avenue 299th Aero Squadron, C.L.P., Died in service, October, 22, 1918. BEGGS, Chester U. Address unknown Died in France BROWN, Fred Address unknown Field Artillery, Died in service, October 1, 1918 at Jefferson Barracks. BROWN, John Yoder 107th Infantry, Died in service, Camp Kearney, February 20, 1918. BUNCE, Merle M. 714 North Institute Street Signal Corps, Radio Division, A.E.F., Died in France, October 7, 1918. COLLINS, Frank B. 314 South Nevada Avenue Commissary Department, Quartermater's Corp., Died in England, September 30, 1918. CROSBY, Grant 117 South Weber Street U.S. Navy, San Diego, Died in service, October 28, 1918. DARBY, Chester Colorado Springs U.S.S. Missouri, Died in service at Philadelphia, September 28, 1918. DAVIDSON, Harold 914 South Cascade Avenue --------- Infantry, A.E.F., Died in France, October 14, 1918. DAVIS, Ralph Leroy 1516 North Royer Street First Battery C man to die din service 148th F.A., Camp Merritt, Died in service, December 23, 1917. DE JERNETT, Eugene L. Mechanic, Aviation, A.E.F., Died in France, October 3, 1918. DICKINSON, George W. 1451 North Nevada Avenue 115th Engineers, Camp Kearny, Died in service, January 5, 1918. DUCLO, George E. Cascade, Colorado U.S. Marine Corps., A.E.F., Killed in action, June 15, 1918. GLAU, Joseph H. 519 East Yampa Street E.S.N., New London, Conn., Died in service, September 28, 1918. GROTEVANT, Edward P. 711 North Cedar Street Thirty-Fifth Infantry, Nogales, Died in service, August 6, 1918. HARBIN, A.W. (Jack) 22 East San Miguel Eighty-Ninth Division, A.E.F., Killed in action, September 24, 1918. HARLAN, Miss Lois Bacteriologist base hospital at Camp Logan, Houston, TX Died from influenza October 20, 1918. HENDERSON, Gola H., Sgt. Coast Artillery, Died October 16, 1918 at Camp Eustace, Va., in sevice. HILL, Edgar H., Sergt. First Springs boy killed in action Seventy-Third Canadian Highlanders, Killed in action, September 18, 1917. HOLDEN, George D., Lieut. Son of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Holden, died in Albany, Mo. HOWELLS, William S. Papetown Camp Sheridan, Alabama, Died in service, September 26, 1918. JACKSON, Roland, Lieut. 228 East Kiowa Street Company C, 30th Infantry A.E.F., Killed in action, June 6, 1918. JOHNSON, Howard O. 115 East Washington Street Ninth Field Artillery, Hawall, Died in service October 17, 1917. KELLEY, Frank Ray 210 West Colorado Avenue Died of influenza while in service McCONNELL, William O. Address unknown Killed in action in France, October 4, 1917. McSPADDEN, John Sixty-first Canadian F.A., Died of wounds, November 1, 1917. MUNCASTRM, Roy Twentieth Engineers, A.E.F., Lost on Tuscania, February 6, 1918. OLSON, Carl 322 West Cameron Street 134th Infantry, Camp Dix, Died in service, September 26, 1918. ORGREN, Miss Clara 120 West Fountain Street Red Cross Nurses who accompanied Base Hospital Unit No. 29 overseas. She died at Tottenham, near London. REID, Randall J. 1831 West Colorado Avenue Company B, 28th Infantry, A.E.F., Killed in action, July 20, 1918. RILEY, Kenneth F. 9 Williamette Ave ------- Infantry, A.E.F., Died in France, September, 1918. Note, there is a picture of Kenneth holding a small child. POLAND, Clifford W. Address unknown Company E, 28th Infantry, Killed in action, June 1918. POTTER, Clarence Colorado Springs 332nd Tank Corps, Died in service, October 12, 1918 at Camp Tobyhanna. SHIELDS, James R. Manitou, Colorado 355th Infantry, A.E.F., Killed in action, October 25, 1918. STEELE, George 1824 West Colorado Avenue 349th American Corps, A.E.F., Died in France, October 24, 1918. STRATTON, Frank E., Jr. 1382 North Tejon Street. Quartermaster's Corps., Camp Lewis, Died in France, June 22, 1918. SYLVESTER, Irving Address unknown Died in service, October 5, 1918 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, KY. WILCOX, Sherman 411 Main Street, Roswell Coast Artillery, Unassigned, Died Honolulu, HI, June 23, 1917. WILSON, Rex 931 Cheyenne Boulevard Aviation Service, Kelly Field, Died in service, October 24, 1918. WUBBEN, Eugene, Lieut. 106 North Chestnut Street Signal Corps, Aviation, A.E.F., Killed in airplane accident, May 23, 1918. =================================================== Contributed for use by the USGenWeb Archive Project (http://www.usgenweb.org) and by the COGenWeb Archive Project USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.