El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-09

Ossining, was brought down IN
flames. exactly a month after the
death Of James Mcconnell, Of Car
thage, n C., who also fell while en-
gagged in combat
Three more members Of the legion
fell during the French offensive Of
April, James Paul, Fighting Jim
mie," he was called by his friends,
being treacherously shot in the back
by a German who had surrendered
10 him on April IS George Mayer. OF
Brooklyn. and Frank Whitmore. OF
Richmond. Va. were killed on the
same day, one through the explosion
Of a hand grenade, the other by
shell fragment An ayiator also tum-
bled 70 his doom on the fateful 18th.
Ronald Hoskier, Of South Orange,
n. J.
Lief n. Barclay. OF New York. who
had just received his pilots brevet,
fell to his death in Alsace on June
s. 1917. while John Denim. a legion
airy, Of San Francisco, was killed on
July IS.
oliver Chadwick, of Lowell, Mass,
was killed August Il Julian Biddle.
Of Philadelphia. died on August Is.
Guy Agostini, OF san Francisco, was
killed during a storming action by
the legion on August 50. William
Meeker, Of Boston, died September IL
Two aviators-DougIas McAonagle,
OF San Francisco, and Andrew }.
Campbell. ir-, of Chicago-perished
within a week of each other, Nc
MOnagle being knocked down in
flames on September p, while Camp
bell was killed on October J.
Robert N. Hanford, OF New York.
was killed on October Is. and Will
lam NJ Parringfield. Of Butte and San
Francisco. a legionary, died on the
field from having his leg torn off by
a shell on November 10 On the same
day, but at a great distance removed,
Parringfield's former comrade in the
legion, Paul Payelka, of Madison,
Conn. met his death through fall
with a refractory horse
Henry Palmer. of New York. died
November Il, while Eric a Fowler,
Of Long Island city. a student avI-
ator was killed on November &c when
a thousand feet Another legiOnary,
who had transferred to the air serv-
ice, Charles Trinkhard. fell while
making a spectacular flight on No
vember %.
Dies After victory.
Christmas day brought the sad con-
firmatiOn OF the death OF Stuart Wal
colt. of Washington. D. c.. a member
Of the Lafayette escadrille, the last
been missing since December u,
when. after having brought a German
down in flames. he was in turn at
tackled by two enemy planes and his
machine was seen to go spinning
down to earth.
Members Of the Escadrille at first
figured he might have had a chance
for life and might have been taken
prisoner, but recently one of the boys
flew into the lines near where Wal
colt dropped and saw his machine
smashed to bits, reporting that there
was not one chance IN a hundred
that the occupant had escaped death.
To the above list must be added
Sergt Z. Morley. OF san Francisco.
formerly in the legion. who, while
he did not die in active service, con-
tracted an enlargement OF the heart
due to the strain OF serving in the
trenches. to which he subsequently
succumbed at his home in Califor-
MIA
Clyde Balsley. Of San Antonio, Tex.
member Of the escadrille, was
wounded severely in the groin and
stomach the same day Victor Chap
man was killed. and probably Grip
pied for life. He was the only Amer
lean aviator who has been shot down
and crippled in such a way as to in
capacitate him from further duty.
Greater New York heads the list
with ten Of her sons who have died
on the field OF honor. San Francisco
comes next with five. while Boston IS
third with three.