15 Aggies added to WWI Memorial

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8:57a, 3/16/22
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https://today.tamu.edu/2022/03/14/texas-am-announces-discovery-of-15-additional-aggies-killed-in-wwi/


This is a press release from the University about 15 Aggies who were added to the memorial. I was a little disappointed the article talked about the process of expanding it, but it didn't give any detail on how these men were discovered or anything about their backgrounds.
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3:28p, 3/16/22
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So will that change the number of flags flown at Kyle Field?
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In reply to BQ_90 • 8:51p, 3/16/22
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BQ_90 said:
So will that change the number of flags flown at Kyle Field?


Or trees around the main drill field and will the names be added to the west gate- quad memorial?
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 9:05p, 3/16/22
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ABATTBQ87 said:
BQ_90 said:
So will that change the number of flags flown at Kyle Field?


Or trees around the main drill field and will the names be added to the west gate- quad memorial?

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8:45a, 3/17/22
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A thread from 5 years ago about the Aggies killed in WWI:

https://texags.com/forums/63/topics/2855969/1
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9:31a, 3/17/22
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I saw a story that had a picture of a marker showing someone killed in August, 1919. So I'm assuming that this is something like people who died of wounds after the war who were certified later on as being war deaths, even though they died months after the armistice.
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 10:32a, 3/17/22
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ABATTBQ87 said:
BQ_90 said:
So will that change the number of flags flown at Kyle Field?


Or trees around the main drill field and will the names be added to the west gate- quad memorial?
yes and yes
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Gold book, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; a tribute to her loyal sons who paid the supreme sacrifice in the World War

https://archive.org/details/goldbookagricult00texa/page/n7/mode/2up
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In reply to aalan94 • 11:32a, 3/18/22
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Maybe the Siberian Expedition in 1919.
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IIRC, there was once a large plaque at Simpson which explained that the field and its trees are an enduring memorial to A&M students who gave their lives in WWI.

In recent years that plaque has been relocated across campus to the the Corps Quad entrance.

The relocation makes no sense to me as it separates the memorial's two key elements - the field/trees and their explanatory plaque - which makes it impossible for visitors/students to understand that Simpson is a war memorial.
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In reply to terata • 2:37p, 3/28/22
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terata said:
Maybe the Siberian Expedition in 1919.
Quick search reveals two dies in France-Sawyer and Splawn .
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3:53p, 3/28/22
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I have emailed John Blair at the Bush Library and Ashley Drake at Texas A&M Today to find out how these 15

Ags were found. Also, have asked why Norwood was include since he died i 1919 in Haiti.
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8:31p, 3/28/22
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Easterwood, of Easterwood Airport, died in 1919 in Panama, and is considered one of the original 52.

Perhaps the criteria of the time was being a WWI vet who either died during the war, or in the service, soon after?
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 10:33a, 3/29/22
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ABATTBQ87 said:
Gold book, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas; a tribute to her loyal sons who paid the supreme sacrifice in the World War

https://archive.org/details/goldbookagricult00texa/page/n7/mode/2up
Breakdown of month and cause of death of these 49 Aggies:

month of death

Jan 1918 = 1
Feb 1918 = 1
March 1918 = 2
May 1918 = 1
June 1918 = 4
July 1918 = 9
Aug 1918 = 1
Sept 1918 = 8
Oct 1918 = 14
Nov 1918 = 2
Dec 1918 = 1
Jan 1919 = 2
Feb 1919 = 1
March 1919 = 1
May 1919 = 1

Cause of death:

Airplane Accident = 7
automobile accident = 1
Drowned/Shipwreck = 1
Drunken Negro = 1
FLU = 6
KIA = 32
Pneumonia = 1
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 11:00a, 3/29/22
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Drunken negro? Do they mean a fight, or a car wreck, or what?

I realize this was 100+ years ago, but still odd.

EDIT: Found it in your link. A black private was drunk, the Aggie killed when he tried to disarm him. He previously survived a truck accident and aerial bombardment. Tough SOB.
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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 11:02a, 3/29/22
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CanyonAg77 said:
Drunken negro? Do they mean a fight, or a car wreck, or what?

I realize this was 100+ years ago, but still odd.
Joseph Carter:

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In reply to CanyonAg77 • 11:34a, 3/29/22
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CanyonAg77 said:
Easterwood, of Easterwood Airport, died in 1919 in Panama, and is considered one of the original 52.

Perhaps the criteria of the time was being a WWI vet who either died during the war, or in the service, soon after?
Guess it depends on who does the compiling. More on this later.
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Interesting. I had never heard of Camp Scurry in Corpus Christi before now. Looks like it was a pretty short-lived outpost.
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2:20p, 4/1/22
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The Korean War Memorial at the Capitol in Austin required that anyone to be named had to be KIA.

This ruling left off guys like Norton (Country) Higgins '48 who was awarded TWO Silver

Stars for Bravery but who died when grabbing a grenade dropped by a Korean trainee

behind the lines!
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55957502/joseph-daniel-carter
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