Call Field
N 33° 57.862 W 098° 29.500
14S E 546963 N 3758320
Texas Historical Marker in the form of a red granite memorial to those cadets who were killed while training to serve their country in "The World War." This memorial is located in front of the Wichita Falls Regional Airport, Wichita Falls, TX.
Waymark Code: WMVP7T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2017
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Besides the text from the front listed in the Atlas, which refers to this one as "Call Field Monument", there is additional text on the north- and south-facing sides of the monument:
[South side]
Erected By
The Wichita Falls
Junior Chamber of Commerce
With the Cooperation
of the
Pat Carrigan Post
of the
American Legion
Number 120
Nov. 1937
[North side]
Harold Imbrie Died 4-24-18, 1st Lt.
B. Jackson Jr. Died 4-1-18 2nd Lt.
S.R. Warner Died 4-24-18 2nd Lt.
H.S. Ross Died 7-11-18 2nd Lt.
F.R. McGiffin Died 8-30-18 2nd Lt.
C.A. Chiles Died 11-29-18 2nd Lt.
C.E. Holburn Died 12-3-18 2nd Lt.
E.M. Anderson Died 7-25-19 2nd Lt.
P.T. Whittle Died 10-12-18 Corp.
O.A. Petriet Died 11-23-18 Chauf. 1st Cl.
E.B. Arnold Died 12-16-18 Chauf.
H.P. Game Died 2-8-18 Pvt. 1st Cl.
J.R. Des Champs Died 3-21-18 Pvt. 1st Cl.
O.G. Franks Died 3-27-18 Pvt. 1st Cl.
E.D. Cryer Died 4-24-18 Pvt. 1st Cl.
J.T. Van Auken Died 5-18-18 Pvt. 1st Cl.
E.B. Babcock Died 8-30-18 Pvt. 1st Cl.
T.H. James Died 2-10-18 Pvt.
C.L. Stevens Died 5-1-18 Pvt.
W.H. Lees Died 7-4-18 Pvt.
G. Williams Died 10-13-18 Pvt.
E.V. Rhodes Died 10-14-18 Pvt.
R. Farren Jr. Died 10-16-18 Pvt.
H.H. Thomas Died 10-17-18 Pvt.
B.G. Beach Died 10-18-18 Pvt.
W. McBride Died 11-22-18 Pvt.
G.C. Hall Died 12-1-18 Pvt.
Marker Number: 631
Marker Text:
Established one mile west of here in 1917 for the purpose of training cadets and enlisted men in the service of aviation.
Strength: One hundred officers, nine hundred and thirty enlisted men and numbers of cadets, quartered in forty six buildings.
The elementary and advanced training of its men contributed greatly to the development of the U.S. Army Air Service during and after the World War 1914 - 1918.
To its memory, to the memory of those thirty-four men killed in training, and to the memory of their efforts to help preserve the peace and safeguard the welfare of mankind this memorial is solemnly dedicated.
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