https://today.tamu.edu/2022/03/14/texas-am-announces-discovery-of-15-additional-aggies-killed-in-wwi/
"Texas A&M Announces Discovery Of 15 Additional Aggies Killed In WWI; The university has added the recently identified veterans to its commemorative site on Simpson Drill Field with individual oak trees and plaques."
By Veronica Gonzalez Hoff, Texas A&M University Division of Student Affairs, and Lesley Henton, Division of Marketing & Communications
MARCH 14, 2022
One of the 15 new plaques at Simpson Drill Field in the center of the Texas A&M campus.
Texas A&M University has announced the discovery of 15 additional Aggie veterans who died in the First World War. The additional names have been added to a WWI commemorative site on Simpson Drill Field in the center of campus, joining the 55 Texas Aggie Gold Stars who are all remembered with individual oak trees and plaques.
Recent research efforts by the Brazos County World War I Centennial Committee identified the additional Aggie veterans who died during the war, prompting a project to update the Simpson Drill Field memorial, a commemorative site since 1920. Now the memorial site accounts for all Aggies who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War I.
The new additions to the site are:
View a full list of those honored at Simpson Drill Field on the Division of Student Affairs site.
"These additional trees and markers are a testament to our fellow Aggies who gave the last full measure of devotion to our country during World War I," said Brig. Gen. Joe E. Ramirez, Jr., USA (Ret.), Vice President for Student Affairs. "We are grateful for their service and honor their service today with these memorial trees and plaques. We also appreciate those who gave us this opportunity to complete a project that began more than 100 years ago."
"Texas A&M Announces Discovery Of 15 Additional Aggies Killed In WWI; The university has added the recently identified veterans to its commemorative site on Simpson Drill Field with individual oak trees and plaques."
By Veronica Gonzalez Hoff, Texas A&M University Division of Student Affairs, and Lesley Henton, Division of Marketing & Communications
MARCH 14, 2022
One of the 15 new plaques at Simpson Drill Field in the center of the Texas A&M campus.
Texas A&M University has announced the discovery of 15 additional Aggie veterans who died in the First World War. The additional names have been added to a WWI commemorative site on Simpson Drill Field in the center of campus, joining the 55 Texas Aggie Gold Stars who are all remembered with individual oak trees and plaques.
Recent research efforts by the Brazos County World War I Centennial Committee identified the additional Aggie veterans who died during the war, prompting a project to update the Simpson Drill Field memorial, a commemorative site since 1920. Now the memorial site accounts for all Aggies who made the ultimate sacrifice during World War I.
The new additions to the site are:
- Charles L. Beaty
- Robert R. Brown
- John W. Butts
- Herbert R. Florence
- John W. Fuchs
- Edmund J. Griffin
- John B. Laden
- Stephen A. Norwood
- Joseph Z. Sawyer
- Joseph L. Smith
- Ira W. South
- George W. Splawn, Jr.
- Alvin M. Stovall
- James L. Vance
- Charles M. Whitfield
View a full list of those honored at Simpson Drill Field on the Division of Student Affairs site.
"These additional trees and markers are a testament to our fellow Aggies who gave the last full measure of devotion to our country during World War I," said Brig. Gen. Joe E. Ramirez, Jr., USA (Ret.), Vice President for Student Affairs. "We are grateful for their service and honor their service today with these memorial trees and plaques. We also appreciate those who gave us this opportunity to complete a project that began more than 100 years ago."
