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John McKenzie
McIntosh
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College
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Columbia, South Carolina; Graduated from Clemson
College in 1914, majoring in Agriculture and Chemistry;
Served World War I, Army, as a First Lieutenant,
First Platoon, Company A, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th
Infantry Division; Died September 12, , 1918, Killed In
Action, St. Mihiel while leading his
troops.
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The State, Novemeber 10, 1918
Lieutenant
McIntosh was one of the most promising young men who has gone
from Columbia. He was 23 years old, May 1.
He
graduated several years ago from Clemson College with the
degree of B.S. He then took a post graduate course at the
university and won the degree of M.A. When the war was
declared he was the chemist and head refiner for the Fidelity
Oil Company of Houston, Texas. Immediately upon
declaration of war he volunteered and went to the training
camp at Leon Springs, Texas. There he won a commission
and was detailed as an instructor at Camp Travis, San Antonio,
Texas.
He sailed for France June 22 and at the time of
his death he was a first Lieutenant in Company A, Three
Hundred and Fifty-seventh Infantry, Ninetieth
Division.
He is the second son of his parents. One
brother is now at the Citadel and the older one is in the
employ of the Southern Bell Telephone Company at New
Orleans.
The State, August 7, 1921, page 17, col.
3
Hero's Body Rests 'Neath Native Sod
Funeral of Lieut.
John McKenzie McIntosh Held Yesterday
Killed in St. Mihiel
Drive
The funeral of Lieut. John McKenzie McIntosh,
who was killed in action at the head of his platoon during the
St. Mihiel drive, September 12, 1918, was held at St. Peter's
Roman Catholic church at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The beautiful burial service of the Roman Catholic church was
used, augmented by military rites at the grave.
Interment followed in St. Peter's churchyard.
The
church was filled to capacity, attesting the popularity of the
young Columbia, who had given his life in his country's
service. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev.
L. Jacquier and the Rev. M.C. Murphy. Father Jacquier,
who was a chaplain in the French service during the war, paid
high tribute to the courage and resourcefulness of the
American soldier.
The solemn service over the body was
carried to its resting place in the churchyard and here,
covered with flowers, was lowered into the grave. A
squad of soldiers from Company B, Eleventh Infantry, fired
three volleys over the grave as a salute and to the sadly
beautiful strains of "Taps" the body of the young hero was
laid to rest in native soil.
Serving as pallbearers
were: John Cormack, Alfred T. Clarkson, Gibson Norman, Ray N.
Bynum, Edward Monckton and Henry F. Jumper. Honorary
pallbearers all members of an escort from the American Legion
were: Charles F.J. Bultman, Edward J. Allen, Calvert Roberts,
Edward Brennen, Jr., Charles Floyd, J. Carrington Stanley,
James T. Woodward and George W. Fitzmaurice.
(both obituary notices courtesy of Clemson
College Sroll of Honor)
John W. Hollowell
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College
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Columbia, South Carolina; Graduated from Clemson
College in 1917; Served World War I, Army, as a
Sergeant, Company B, 117th Engineers, South Carolina
National Guard, 42nd Infantry(Rainbow)Division, Served
in Marne, Argonne, St. Mihiel, Ardenns; Died February
13, 1919, of pneumonia – Magschose, Germany. Body
returned to Columbia, South
Carolina.
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Robert Pearce
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Clemson College
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Columbia, SC Born (Wagram Georgia); Graduated
from Clemson College in 1919; Served World War I,
Army, as a Private, Company G, 105th American Trains,
30th Infantry Division ; Died October 1, 1918, of
pneumonia in France. Buriel: Plot E Row 13 Grave 38,
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne,
France
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The State, November 5, 1918, page 9 col. 3
Dies in
France
Robert R. Pearce, Columbia Boy, Makes Supreme
Sacrifice
C.C. Pearce, 830 Elmwood Avenue, has been
notified by the war department tht it is officially reported
that his son, Robert R. Pearce, died in France of pneumonia,
October 1.
Robert Pearce, after attending Clemson one
year, was connected for some time with the wholesale
establishment of C.C. Pearce & Company, and when the
United States entered the war against Germany he attempted to
enter an officer's training camp, but was turned down on
account of defective eyesight. He was determined to get
into the army and so volunteered as a private, was accepted
and entered training at Camp Sevier. He went overseas
about June 1, being connected with the Old Hickory
Division. Mr. Pearce had seen about 90 days service at
the front, being attached to an ammunition train before
succumbing to pneumonia. He was a young man of great
promise and numbered his friends by the score.
He is
survived by his father, C.C. Pearce; brothers, Tom B. Pearce
of Columbia, Capt. D.F. Pearce at Camp Sevier, C.C. Pearce,
Jr., at the Citadel and Charles Pearce at Bailey Military
Institute at Greenwood. The surviving sisters are Mrs.
H.W. Powell and Mrs. H.B. Fair, both of Columbia. (obituary
courtesy of Clemson College Scroll of Honor)
Arthur Allen Madden
Jr.
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photo courtesy of Clemson
College
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Columbia, South Carolina; Graduated from Clemson
College in 1918, majoring in Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering; Served World War I, US Navy, as a
Machinist Mate 2nd Class, Stationed, Ship 4 Naval
District Philadelphia, Pa.; Died October 2, 1918, at the
Naval Hospital,
Philadelphia.
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October 4, 1918, page 2, col. 4
Another Columbian Dies in
Service
Arthur A. Madden Passes Away in Philadelphia
Hospital While Serving His Country.
Arthur A. Madden,
Jr., son of Dr. A.A. Madden of 1408 Hampton Street, died in a
Philadelphia hospital Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock
according to a telegram received by immediate relatives
yesterday.
Dr. Madden received a telegram Tuesday from
the naval authorities at Philadelphia saying that his son was
critically ill. Dr. and Mrs. Madden left immediately for
the bedside of their son but did not reach Philadelphia until
after his death.
His death resulted from a severe case
of influenza which had developed into pneumonia.
Young
Madden was well known here having lived in Columbia all his
life. He received his grammar school educaiton in the
public schools of Columbia and entered Clemson College in 1914
from which institution he received the degree of electrical
engineer last spring, being the youngest member of his
class. He was considered one of the best electrical
workers in college at his graduation.
After graduation
Mr. Madden heard the call of his country and enlisted in the
navy. He was sent to the naval training school at
Philadelphia for a five months' course of training and had
completed four months of the course at the time of his
death.
Young Madden is survived by his mother and
father, two brothers, Emmett, a student at Clemson College,
and Henry of this city, three sisters, Mrs. Hughey Tindal, the
wife of Lieutenant Tindal at Camp Pike, and Misses Ethel May
and Lucia Madden.
The body will be brought to Columbia
for burial and will probably arrive here today. Funeral
arrangements have not been announced yet. (obituary courtesy
of Clemson College Scroll of Honor)
Harry C.
Horton
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College
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Richland, South Carolina; Would have graduated
from Clemson College in 1919; Served World War I,
Army,Second Lieutenant as a Machine Company, 11th
Infantry; Died September 13, 1918, Killed in Action
north of Vierville on Hoye France. Buriel - Plot D
Row 3 Grave 29, St. Mihiel American Cemetery,
Thiaucourt, France
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The State, October 22, 1918, page 5, col. 3
Gave Life in
Actin
Report Given in Death of Lieutenant
Horton.
Mr. and Mrs. H.I. Horton of 1414 Gervais
Street, Columbia, received yesterday the following account of
the death of their son, Lieut. Harry C. Horton, the report
being made by Lieut. Col. Herbert Parsons, assistant chief of
staff.
"Your son was killed on September 12 in the
battle of the St. Mihiei salient. It was the result of a
direct hit by an artillery shell and his death was
instantaneous. At the time he was with the advancing
battalion.
"He was then acting and for some time he had
been a battalion account officer, and as I am the head of the
intelligence section of the general satff of the division, I
had come to know him.
"He had rendered most splendid
service as an intelligence officer and has proved of great
assistance to his superiors who have told me how deeply they
have lamented his death.
"Hard as it is to bear the
loss of him, you have the satisfaction of knowing that he was
doing all that he could for his country's cause. It is
the conscientious devotion of such men as he that is winning
this war. I mourn with you in his loss and I share with
you in pride of his career and his courageous ending."
(obituary courtesy of Clemson College Scroll of Honor)
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William Harris
Crawford White
Columbia, South
Carolina; Clemson College, class of 1937, majoring in
Architecture ; World War II, US Army Air
Corps, First Lieutenant, 11th Bomber Squadron, 341st
Bomber Group (Medium)
Died - December 30,
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