The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-24
An Appreciation of
Lieut.. Walter ". Drew

And ! would that could utter
The thoughts that arise in me"
Sleep Soldier sleep. Your last
bivouac has been made. Taps sounds
Tor all that was earthly OF Lieut..
Walter William Drew. Let us pause
minute in this world in which
we move to give reverence to such
as he, and to him, who gave their
all for us, and for the generations
vet to come.
On August p, 1904, at Kaufman,
Texas, there was born to Byron
Drew and wife, Lena Drew, a son,
Walter William Drew. His mother
died when he was one and onc-half
wears old, and later his father mar
ried Mary Y. Wallace who became
10 Walter Drew a second mother. In
1873 he moved with his parents to
Nrdmore, Oklahoma, where he was
reared to manhood, and where he
was known to all, and loved by all
who knew him. He was educated IN
Nrdmore High School, and in ;hc
Oklahoma Agricultural and Me
chanical College and at the Okla
homa University. After his educa-
tion was completed he returned to
Ardmore and was employed by ;hc
state National Bank. His industry
and honor gave promise OF bright
and exceptional future. His daily
tasks were performed in a thorough
and painstaking manner, and his
courtesy and good manners en-
deared him to all of those who met
and weer associated with him.
When the United States entered
into the world war, Walter Drew
volunteered as 4 private in the Ard
more Company OF Engineers. Later
he was assigned as a student to al
infantry training school for officers,
held at Camp Bowie, near TT WorJh
Texas. After finishing this course,
with credit to himself, he was com
mlsSiOncd as a second lieutenant in
The United States army. and as
signed to service in France, at
tached to X Company OF l+lst regi-
ment. 36th division. Fittingly, as
becomes an officer of the army Of
the United States, if die he must,
Lieutenant Drew, was killed in ac-
ton Oct. 9, 1918, in a charge By the
56th division in the forest OF Ar
gonne, and he now lies beneath the
sod OF heroic France, sleeping ;hc
last and final sleep that knows rot
earthly wakening
Dying he lett behind, his father
Byron Drew and his mother. Mrs
Mary Y. Drew, a sister, Mrs. Chaun- .
cey Nichols OF Oklahoma City, end .
step brother Harold Wallace, .
all OF whom will sorely miss him.
No child OF his, nor mate Of his .
choosing await his return. but ;hc
broken hearts OF the parents who
gave him and the friends who loved
him, look with faith and hope to
The future. 1t is given unto lew
10 be able to lay such a sacrifice as
theirs upon the altar OF their coun-
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