When I was a student, there were 52 names, 52 flags, etc.CanyonAg77 said:
From Rabid Cougar's link. Hmmmm. Fifty-seven. Not 55 as in today's campusology. And if you look at the photo of the West Gate (WWI) memorial, their appear to be only 52 names.
Wonder what the difference is.
No one says you're wrong. We just have numbers from different sources that are all over the place and we cannot figure out why.ag-bq-seventy said:When I was a student, there were 52 names, 52 flags, etc.CanyonAg77 said:
From Rabid Cougar's link. Hmmmm. Fifty-seven. Not 55 as in today's campusology. And if you look at the photo of the West Gate (WWI) memorial, their appear to be only 52 names.
Wonder what the difference is.
And for those who say I'm wrong, I have my Fish Handbook to prove it.
Don't know when or how it got changed.
Quick perusal of 49 directory:CanyonAg77 said:
From Rabid Cougar's link. Hmmmm. Fifty-seven. Not 55 as in today's campusology. And if you look at the photo of the West Gate (WWI) memorial, their appear to be only 52 names.
Wonder what the difference is.
Rabid Cougar said:
Major Benjamin F. Wright '11 was commander of the 3rd battalion of the 141st Inf. Regiment of the 36th Division.
He was from Waco.
he was killed 8 October 1918 in the assaults around St, Entienne, France.
1st Lt. Graham B.Luhn '12 was also killed on this same day in the same area. He was Company Commander of Company D of the 141st Inf.Regiment.
I hate to hear that the little plaques have been removed. One Thanksgiving holiday, I stayed on campus (I think there was me, some campus maintenance people, and 10,000 grackles). I had already gotten my limit of deer, the family had gone to the deer lease, and I had a huge paper to write, so I stayed.CanyonAg77 said:
Interesting post. I guess you would start with a list of the names. Then see if the cemetery has a listing of all burials. For the former, I'd check with Dethloff and Adams, authors of Texas Aggies Go To War. I don't think I've ever seen such a list.
On a related note, back when I was a cadet, the trees around the (now) Simpson Drill field had little plaques with the names, and the location of their death. The plaques are gone now, I hope they are in the archives somewhere. While a lot of them read like a history of WWI, with the famous battles, I know at least one simply said "Submarine". And I think another said "aeroplane", though I am less sure about that.
I have been to five or six of the WWI cemeteries. The ABMC does an amazing job over there. You should look up the superintendents of the ones you visit as each of them we met provided a lot of insight into their particular cemetery. My grandfather was gassed (but survived) in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and the superintendent at that cemetery was a wealth of information.mullokmotx said:
Just bought "The Book of Aggie Lists, Texas A&M University's Military Heritage" from the Texas A&M University Press. It lists Aggies buried or honored on a missing list in the American Battle Monuments Commission cemeteries. I will be visiting the Rhone and Epinal Cemeteries next month.
One of the 15 new plaques at Simpson Drill Fieldone safe place said:I hate to hear that the little plaques have been removed. One Thanksgiving holiday, I stayed on campus (I think there was me, some campus maintenance people, and 10,000 grackles). I had already gotten my limit of deer, the family had gone to the deer lease, and I had a huge paper to write, so I stayed.CanyonAg77 said:
Interesting post. I guess you would start with a list of the names. Then see if the cemetery has a listing of all burials. For the former, I'd check with Dethloff and Adams, authors of Texas Aggies Go To War. I don't think I've ever seen such a list.
On a related note, back when I was a cadet, the trees around the (now) Simpson Drill field had little plaques with the names, and the location of their death. The plaques are gone now, I hope they are in the archives somewhere. While a lot of them read like a history of WWI, with the famous battles, I know at least one simply said "Submarine". And I think another said "aeroplane", though I am less sure about that.
One day I went out for a walk and went over to the area where those trees with the plaques were. I remember it was very cold. I knew the plaques were there but on this day I went from tree to tree reading the names of all those Aggies who had died in that war. I, too, hope those have been placed in an archive and hope they get put back on some trees somewhere on campus.
