Evening journal., 1918-09-07
1t. ]. A. O'DANIEL
KILLED in FRANCE
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is officially reported that Lieutenant
James A. ODanlel, air service, died of
aerOplane accident July o." Except
that he was killed on the aviation field
at Rennes, the family has no other
details Of the accident.
Lieutenant ODaniels father, Amos
ODanlel, lives at Ashland. but he,
with his brother. Lieutenant John VIII
son ODaniel, who is also in France,
made their home while attending Del
aware College, with their grandmother
Mrs. Rebecca A. Wilson, on East Main
street.
When the trouble broke out with
Mexico. in 1916, the two brothers, who
were both attending college and both
members OF the Sigma M Fraternity,
were members OF Company r, Organ
lied Militia Of Delaware, and went to
the Mexican border with that company.
al" as the deceased soldier was known
to his friends, was a corporal and VIII
son a sergeant. Shortly after the COM
pany returned Al was promoted TO a
sergeant and when the Delaware regi-
ment was organized he was appointed
a second lieutenant by Governor Town
send He went with the regiment TO
Admission. Ala, where he was attached
TO the 10th Heavy Field Artillery. He
remained at Admission only q short time.
being sent from there TO a school OF
military aeronautics in Texas, from
which school he graduated last Janu-
ary as an aerial observer. He was
then sent TO a camp at Garden City,
" Y. Lieutepant ODaniel stopped in
Newark for a few days on his way
srOm Texas to New York and came
home once again late in the winter on
a short furlough. He was promoted TO
a first Lieutenant while at Garden City
and was sent over the latter part Of
last March.
10 was a coincidence that the day
Lieutenant al" ODaniel landed in
France early in April his older brother
Lieutenant Wilson ODaniel, sailed from
this country. The former on arriving
in France was placed in an aerial OBJ
servatiOn school TO get aerial gunnery.
While he had gone through three
aerial training schools since arriving
in France, as far as is known here he
had not been in actual service. The
last letter received from him by his
relatives intimated that he would
be in real artillery fire soon.
His relatives have been somewhat
for several weeks because OF.
not receiving sny letters from him.
a friend Of his aunt living at
Rising Sun, Md, who has a sister in
the Red Cross service in France, noti-
fed her that her sister in a letter said
Lieutenant "Al" ODaniel was killed on
the aviation field at Rennes more than
a week before the letter was written.
While this information worried his
considerable they We're of the
opinion that it was a mistake, as no
word had been received from the War
Department and his name did not ap-
pear in the casualty. Yesterday Secre-
iary OF state Everett C. Johnson, at the
request OF the family. wired to the War
Department as DirectOr-General OF the .
state Council OF Defense, asking for
about Lieutenant 0Daniel /
and the telegram quoted above was re-
ceived in reply late yesterday after
noon.
"Ar' ODaniel. was very popular
lmong his fellow students and was
llltu IeltIItu W a. uilb VI tiC bniAiooh
loys who ever attended Old Delaware.
lie played center on the scrub football
cam and also played on the scrub base
,all team. He would have graduated
asst year had he remained in college,
md his brother, who was less than two
ears older was a senior when be went
% the Mexican border.
The two brothers were exceptionally
ond Of each other and were fast pals"
Wilson was scrub quarterback on the