Texans Who Have Died for Their Country
A memorial list names Texas service members who died in Europe or are missing wounded or captured. It records Private Clarence Waters Arcadia Sergeant Marion F. Scott Burnet Sergeant Shelby Smith Mailbanks and many others with statuses including Died of Wounds Died of Disease and Missing in Action across multiple Texas towns and cities. The roll includes officers and enlisted personnel from El Paso Dallas Beaumont Houston Laredo Fort Worth and more, reflecting a broad wartime loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Europe
Clarence Waters
Arcadia
Marion F. Scott
Burnet
Shelby Smith
Mailbanks
Benjamin Fr. Lewis
Mercury
Robert J. Hutchinson
el Paso
George C. Smart
Beaumont
John Laughan
Odessa
Arthur Grant
Corpus Christi
Frank V W. Slaton
Dallas
Ollie Pike
Fruitvale
Mount Graham
John A. Heintz
Leander
Walter Pierce
Orange
Walter F. Kincaid
Sulphur Springs
Jewell Daniel
Stephenville
Rogers
O'Brien
Howard T. Hathaway
Houston
Willie S. Passmore
Walter S. Preddy
Trenton
Daniel Sparks
Innis
Charles Leon
East Bernard
Joseph P. Clark
Cameron
John Y. Martinez
George Slecuta
Victoria
Allen D. Anderson
Nicholas Nora
Laredo
Milton A. Samuel
Fort Worth
Melvin H. Bain
Slaton
Ray Addison Crawford
Argyle
William F. Cox
Greenville
Luther McGee
Chillicothe
Charles E. Hardin
Pecan Gap
Joseph Newgerry
Robert WH. Phillips
Tangilewood
Markis
John ‘B. Deal
Edna
Lee N. Higgins
McKinney
John H. Hopkins
Ernest Morey
Beeville
Charles Hoff
Denison
Archie &. Brown
William Coston
Tracey R. Staines
Marine Casualties Killed In Action And Died Of Wounds
List of marines including Privates Jesse A. Palmer Dewey L Pittman Harry N Lacey Sam M Buchanan Arthur D Lowrie Hobart B Crossett Leslie B Scott John Hale Corporal Clarence D Bradford John W Hufsmith Thomas J Barrentine Thomas B Hoffman and Sergeant Holland C Cogdell. Names include towns Nuntsville San An Lancaster Morris Burkett Harlin League City Thrall Me Kinney Abi lene and Houston area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse A. Palmer
Nuntsville
Dewey L. Pittman
San Antonio
Harry N. Lacey
Lancaster
Sam M. Buchanan
Morris
Arthur D. Lowrie
Burkett
Hobart B. Crossett
Harlingen
Leslie B. Scott
League City
John Hale
Thrall
Clarence D. Bradford
Ashland
John W. Hufsmith
Houston
Thomas J. Barrentine
Me ‘Kinney
Thomas B. Hoffman
Yoakum
Holland C.cogdell
Abi
Lene
Allies Push In Picardy As German Lines Falter
Allied forces press the advance in Picardy as German armies retreat on a long front. Rear guards are reported sacrificed while the advance continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picardy
Thousands Prisoners Abandon Stores and Retreat Across Somme
Allied forces push toward Bray sur Somme with tanks and air support as German Second and Eighth Armies fall back. British and American units engage near Lihons while French advances widen from Roye to the Oise. Heavy air and ground combat, large German retreat, and mounting casualties mark the battle front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bray-sur-Somme
Lihons
Roye
Oise
Roye-Compiegne
Cambronné
Marne
Somme
Peronne
War Office
Montdidier
Veale
Chipilly
Morlancourt
Mericourt
Proyart
Fresnoy
Lignieres
Couchy
Ressons-sur-Matz
Trincourt
Albert
Arras
Salient
Draft call issued for 130207 registrants to report this month
Washington says 180207 selective registrants qualified for general military service must join by August end. About 400000 called in August under current program. White registrants from 43 states assigned to camps including Gordon, Pike, Meade, Devens, and Taylor. Negro registrants from multiple states slated for training at Camp Taylor, Pike, Dix, and others with totals per state listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Delaware
Camp Mead
Florida
Camp Jackson
Georgia
Camp Gordon
Idaho
Camp Lewis
Illinois
Camp Wadsworth
S. C
Indiana
Camp Sherman
Camp Custer
Mich
Iowa
Camp Funston
Kan
Kansas
Fort Riley
Kentucky
Camp Taylor
Maine
Camp Devens
Mass
Maryland
Camp Meade
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Camp Grant
N. Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Camp Devans
New Jersey
New Mexico
Camp Pike
New York
North Carolina
Camp .Jackson
North Dakota
Lewis
Ohio
Camp. Taylor
Oklahoma
Pike
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Lew
Vermont
Devens
West Virginia
Alabama
Taylor
Camp McClellan
Ala
Camp Léa
Joseph EF
Johnston
Fla
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Dodge
Mississippi
Camp Shelby
Miss
Missouri
Camp Greene
Camp Lee
Tennessee
Camp Travis
Virginia
American Finds Roosevelt's Grave on Vesle Front
An American aviator discovers a wooden cross marking Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt’s grave near Chamery east of Foere en Tardenois. German papers had claimed his burial by the Germans after he disappeared in an air combat on July 17. The cross bears the English inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesle
Chamery
Foere-en-Tardenois
Quentin Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chamnery
French Destroyed 338 Airplanes in July
An official statement issued Friday reports during July 184 enemy aircraft were downed. Of these, 154 were seen falling inside enemy lines, with 15 damaged by our aircraft guns. The total destroyed or badly damaged reaches 338 machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Niece of President Weds at the White House
Miss Alice J. Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph R Wilson of Baltimore and niece of President Wilson wed Rev I B McElroy Jr of Columbus Ga on a Wednesday at the White House in Washington reflecting a royal era ceremony with close family attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alice J. Wilson
Joseph R. Wilson
Baltimore
President Wilson
I. 8. McElroy, Jr
Columbus, Ga
White House
Rice Crop Damaged by Storm
Beaumont Texas reports rice crop around Lake Charles damaged by storms with half the crop aged by the first Tuesday and much ready for harvesters.
Henry Seeks Two Chances to Be Good
A mother tells her son Henry that he has one life to live and must be good. Henry replies that they should have two chances, insisting two chances would help him try harder. The boy questions who is right, God or himself, in a playful moral exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Mistaken Identity Cat Names Spark Barking Banter
Mary quarrels over pet names as a visitor recalls naming her cat Napoleon. The argument turns playful when Mary explains the cat became Napoleon after having kittens. The exchange highlights humor in everyday domestic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleopatra
Mary
Napoleon
Apology for Sarcasm Echoes in Odd Quotation
A fragmented quote suggests sarcastic people are not always in error. Miss Cayenne argues that what seems sarcasm can be a generous effort to euphemize in stating a necessary fact, reflecting a playful defense of blunt wording.
Also Mentioned on This Page
William H. Ferguson
Ore City
Steve G. Danysch
Westhoff
John W. Fondren
Coleman
Lemuel I. Moore
James W. Freeman
Weatherford
Henry A. Welsch, Jr
Joe Chalupa
W. M. Bacon
Jerym
William EK
Huffman
Call
Henry G. Knox
Beach
Ethel Roberts
Bogota
Ernest J. King
Woden
Otto H. Klein
Seguin
Harry A. Lee
John Shaw
Arlington
Harold F. Kirkham
Cleburne
Clyde C. Vaughan
Liberty Hill
Marvin Dotson
Amarillo
Berdest Fancher
Garrison
Cillies
Lone Star State
Camp
Gordon
Arizona
Ark
Arkansas
California
American Lake
Wash
Colorado
Connecticut
Camp Greenleaf
President Weds
North Sea
Tommy Waads
Kent
Tommy
Wanes
England
France
Ommie
Etraat
Liberty
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