The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-25
SLAIN AVIATOR WAS
QUENTIN'S COMRADE
Lieut.. Walter w. Smyth, Re-
Gently Killed, Belonged to
9th Aero Squadron.
WAS STUDENT AT YALE
Lieut.. +. j. Fitzhugh, Wound
ed in Action, One of Three
Brothers in Service.
WAS STUDENT AT YALE

fIers to which Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt
belonged has made the supreme sacri-
fee. He is First Lieut.. Walter M.
smyth, a member Of Pursuit Group A,
Nlnety-fourth Aero Squadron. which is
IN service on the Marine front. Recent
casualty lists contained the bare mem
ton of the fact that Smyth had been
y killed, but failed to identify him or to
give his home address.
1t was learned yesterday that Lieut.
smyth was q son of the late John W.
smyth who was once prominent on Wall
Street. His mother lives at 367 Lex
lngton. avenue.
Lieut. Smyth was a student at Yale
when the United States entered the war.
He left college to enter the American
Red Cross service and sailed for France
as an ambulance driver in May. 1917
Later he Joined the Lafayette Escadrille
and after qualifying as an aviator the
choice was given him OF serving either
under the French or the American flag
lie made his choice without hesitation
and was made First Lieutenant in the
United States flying forces.
In addition to Lieut.. Roosevelt, other
distinguished members of Smyth's flying
group were Lieut. Douglas Campbell. the
urSt aTlcTlCdH dCCt l<icul. man r. "
low. the first American to bag Ger
man airman in battle, and Lieut.. Eddie
Rlckenbacher. Lieut.. Winslow grad
uated from Hackley School before en-
tering Yale.
Ono OF Three Brothers Wounded.
Lieut.. Edward ]. Fitzhugh, wounded
IN action in France according to yes
terday's casualty lists. II one Of three
brothers in the service. His father Is
Arthur A Fitzhugh of AZ Union avenue.
jamaica He is % years old and
graduate of the Plattsburg Officers
Training School
After receiving his commission he was
assigned to az Alabama regiment in the
Rainbow Division, but was taken i'll
with pneumonia just about the time that
division left for France. Upon his re-
covery he was transferred to Company
F. Twenty-third Infantry. His brother
Roger is a member Of the Twenty-third
Ambulance Company and his younger
brother. Armistead, Is with the Sixth
Engineers.
In a recent letter to his parents the
young Lieutenant said he had been
wounded in the left thigh. but was doing
nicely.
Thanksgiving turkey in Berlin and
home for New Years Is our schedule.
and so far we are on time" wrote Cor
quarters Company. 30sth Infantry. in
letter to his father. who lives at 525
Greene avenue, Brooklyn. Yesterdays
casualty lists carried the corporals
name among those killed in action
Before entering the service in Au-
gust, 1917, Goodman was a clerk In the
naturalization bureau at Washington.
He was 30 years old and a graduate of
the College Of the--Oity Of New York.
Later he attended law school and was
admitted to practice just before join
ing the army.
4 telegram from the War Depart
ment brought to Mrs Harry D. Debois
Of Sli East Thirtyfourth street. Flat
bush, yesterday the news that her
nephew. Sergeant James Z. Belt of Bat
terry c. Eighteenth Field Artillery. had
been killed in action on July IS. He
was II years old when he enlisted last
fall and lived at 395 Graham avenue.
Brooklyn He was q son Of Snowden
Belt
Death Ends Romance.
Private Raymond c. Frech. men,
Der Of Headquarters Company, Eight
zenith Field Artillery, reported killed
N action on Sunday, August IL, lived
~ 62J Elm street, Camden, and was
?S years old. He was engaged to Miss
Ella Nearing, a clerk in the Quarter
master Department, stationed at Phlla-
delphia, and planned to marry her the
day he returned. After receiving word
Of her fiance's death Miss Nearing
volunteered for overseas service with
The Quartermaster's Corps.
Frech, an orphan. enlisted in the navy
when he was 16 years old and was
twice wounded during the engagement
a, Vera Cruz. He also participated in
the famous Fight or Frolic" cruise and
OH 80 tn,
After serving two enlistments in the
navy Frech Joined the army and saw
service on the Mexican border. where
lie was wounded In the hand during a
raid at Fort Bliss The day before he
vas killed he saved the life of another
member OF his regiment from Camden.
" J., who had been wounded in action.
Wagner George w. Clark, reported
severely wounded, is 21 years old and
lived with his aunt Mrs Minnie Weeks,
at 100 Bedford avenue. Brooklyn. He
enlisted last year and was assigned to
Company D. 1o6th Infantry, then sta
toned at Syracuse. He was sent over
beas last January.
Leroy V. Mcneil, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mcneil of So Clinton avenue.
haspeth L. l., died OF wounds in a hos
pital in France on August /. He en-
listed in the Seventh Regiment. n.
q, y. Y, in May, 1917. but was one
Of the first to volunteer for service in
the ls5th Regiment when that unit was
made up chiefly from members OF the
Old !Sixty-ninth and the Seventh regi-
'nents, He was assigned to Company I
Q; the l65th and received the wounds
which proved fatal in the second battle
Of the Marine.
Death Report May he Wrong.
Private Nicholas u. Redhead Of the
Fifth Regiment, United States Marines.
was reported in yesterdays casualty
lists as among the missing in action. but
ms father. Charles d. Redhead Of 3S5
Macon street. Brooklyn. believes a mis-
take has been made as he received a
letter from his son on August II to the
eject that the writer had been sassed
'ut was then convalescing In base hos
pital
Redhead. then a clerk In a brokers'
ONCE In Wall street. enlisted in the Ma
fiAe Corps three days after war was de-
cared by this country. He was with
tne first contingent OF marines TO reach
france and was cited for the War Cross
Tor saving the life OF one OF his COM
pany mates during the engagement al
Chateau Thierry. His two brothers are