Buchanan County MO Archives Military Records.....Rosecrans, Guy Wallace October 15, 1918
WWI 153 Aero Squadron
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Military Service - Death
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 

Guy Wallace Rosecrans. City: Omaha. County: Douglas. State: Nebraska. 
Birthplace: Nebraska.
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1895. Race: Caucasian (White). Roll: 1711759. DraftBoard: 2. 
Date: Jun 5 1917.
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Rosecrans Memorial Airport is located in northwestern Missouri, approximately 
40 miles north of 
Kansas City and 4 miles west of Saint Joseph, Missouri. 

The airport was named in honor of Sgt. Guy W. Rosecrans "and comrades" of the 
153rd Aero Squadron, 
U.S. Army, 1917-1918.
Rosecrans was the only St. Joseph airman killed in  World War I . 

Rosecrans worked at Swift & Co. before joining the Army, and it hasn't been 
determined whether he was a 
flying sergeant or a member of the ground crew. 
He was killed in Western France, October 16, 1918, when he walked into an 
airplane propeller. 
He was buried at St. Jeans, France, but the body was later returned to St. 
Joseph and buried at Mount Auburn 
Cemetery in St. Joseph on October 17, 1920. 
Reference: Wikipedia.org.  mopilots.org.

Missouri Office of the Secretary of State 
Missouri State Archives
Soldiers' Records: War of 1812 - World War I

Form No. 724-1, A.G.O. 
Rosecrans, Guy W.   252,668  W   (Surname) (Christian name) (Army serial 
number) (Race) 
Residence: Omaha, Nebraska (Street and house number) (Town or City) (County) 
(State) 
*Inducted at:  Fort Logan Colorado on  10/24/1917 
Place of birth:  Omaha, Nebraska 
Age or date of birth:  22 1/12 Y 
Organizations served in, with dates of assignments and transfers:  
153 Aero Sq to Death
Grades, with date of appointment:  Pvt 1CL 9/24/1918 
Engagements: Wounds or other injuries received in action:   
Served overseas from 1/31/1918 To  from  To
Honorably discharged on demobilization   
In view of occupation he was, on date of discharge, reported  per cent 
disabled. 
Remarks: 
Died 10/5/1918 of Injuries Received in Aeroplane Accident. 
Mrs. Flora Rosecrans, 5022 King Hill Ave., Saint Joseph Missouri Notified of 
Death


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