USMA Class of 1917. Cullum No. 5619.
The Denver Post Tuesday, October 16, 1917
Fall In Plane Ends Life Of General’s Son
Lieutenant McGlachlin Was Aid to His Father
Four Flyers Hurt
Two Planes in Crash to Earth in Practice at Wright’s Field
(By Associated Press)
San Antonio, Texas, October 16. Without regaining consciousness, Lieut. Fenton G. McGlachlin, 24, son of Brigadier General E.T. McGlachlin, commander of the 164th Artillery Brigade, died at the Southern Department Hospital last night from injuries received when he fell 100 feet in an aeroplane yesterday with Lieut. John Frost, U.S.R., in the latter’s private machine. Lieut. McGlachlin came here recently from Fort Myer, Virginia. He was an aide to his father.
The article then details an incident at Wilbur Wright aviation field near Dayton, Ohio in which four aviators were injured.
Forty-Ninth Annual Report Of The Association of the Graduates Of The United States Military Academy, At West Point, New York, June 11th, 1918, Seeman & Peters Inc., Printers And Binders, Saginaw, Michigan, 1918.
Fenton Harrison McGlachlin
No. 5619. Class of 1917.
Died October 15, 1917, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, aged 24.
Captain McGlachlin was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the home of his paternal grandparents, Mr. Edward F. and Mrs. Mary E. McGlachlin, on October 23, 1893. His parents were Major General Edward F. McGlachlin and Mrs. Louise Harrison McGlachlin. Being an army boy her had many homes during his boyhood, Forts Sheridan, McDowell, Walla Walla, Snelling, Hamilton and Jolo, Philippine Islands. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy from the Eighth District of the state of his birth, for which he prepared himself at Schadmann’s Preparatory School. In spite of the many changes of schools and only a short preparatory course of three months he was admitted to the Military Academy on June 14, 1913. His career while at the Academy was indeed creditable, as the records of the Academy show; during his four year course he stood well up in all his classes and one time wore the star of the distinguished cadet. To state specifically some of the honors acquired by him as a cadet we might glance at the column under his name in the Howitzer of 1917 and write:
Acting Corporal, Color Corporal, Captain, Expert Rifleman, on Baseball Squad, Indoor Meet, Tennis Tournament, Hop Manager, Board of Governors, First Class Club, Publication Committee, Y.M.C.A. Handbook, etc., etc.
Upon graduation Cadet McGlachlin stood number 18 in a class of 139 members, which by reason of existing war conditions was graduated on April 20, 1917. He was looked by all who knew him, both as a cadet and officer, as a perfect example of a man and a gentleman in every respect: cool and level headed without egotism or vanity his friends were numbered by his acquaintance.
Upon graduation and assignment to the Field Artillery he probably had before him one of the most brilliant futures of any man of the class; he was assigned to the Third Field Artillery and joined at Fort Meyer where he served until August 25, 1917, when he was made Aide-de-Camp to his father, General McGlachlin. While acting in this capacity at Camp Travis, Texas, he met his death. To quote from the paper which gave an account of his untimely and unfortunate death:
Lieutenant McGlachlin was one of a number of Artillery officers who were making aeroplane flights, carrying out the directions that they accustom themselves for observation duties.
His death, therefore, was in line of duty and his fellow officers feel that he gave his life for his country as much as though his death had been met on the battle field. While striving for Duty, Honor, Country he gave up his life, the first of his class to make the sacrifice.
In him the army lost one of its most promising young officers, the Class of 1917 its star member and his bereaved relatives a most devoted and loving son and brother – all who knew him feel a keen personal loss.
Like many another his part was not a large one, but he performed it as a man and probably better than most and he has gone to his reward. He lies in the cemetery of his Alma Mater.
The Denver Post Tuesday, October 16, 1917
Fall In Plane Ends Life Of General’s Son
Lieutenant McGlachlin Was Aid to His Father
Four Flyers Hurt
Two Planes in Crash to Earth in Practice at Wright’s Field
(By Associated Press)
San Antonio, Texas, October 16. Without regaining consciousness, Lieut. Fenton G. McGlachlin, 24, son of Brigadier General E.T. McGlachlin, commander of the 164th Artillery Brigade, died at the Southern Department Hospital last night from injuries received when he fell 100 feet in an aeroplane yesterday with Lieut. John Frost, U.S.R., in the latter’s private machine. Lieut. McGlachlin came here recently from Fort Myer, Virginia. He was an aide to his father.
The article then details an incident at Wilbur Wright aviation field near Dayton, Ohio in which four aviators were injured.
Forty-Ninth Annual Report Of The Association of the Graduates Of The United States Military Academy, At West Point, New York, June 11th, 1918, Seeman & Peters Inc., Printers And Binders, Saginaw, Michigan, 1918.
Fenton Harrison McGlachlin
No. 5619. Class of 1917.
Died October 15, 1917, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, aged 24.
Captain McGlachlin was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the home of his paternal grandparents, Mr. Edward F. and Mrs. Mary E. McGlachlin, on October 23, 1893. His parents were Major General Edward F. McGlachlin and Mrs. Louise Harrison McGlachlin. Being an army boy her had many homes during his boyhood, Forts Sheridan, McDowell, Walla Walla, Snelling, Hamilton and Jolo, Philippine Islands. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy from the Eighth District of the state of his birth, for which he prepared himself at Schadmann’s Preparatory School. In spite of the many changes of schools and only a short preparatory course of three months he was admitted to the Military Academy on June 14, 1913. His career while at the Academy was indeed creditable, as the records of the Academy show; during his four year course he stood well up in all his classes and one time wore the star of the distinguished cadet. To state specifically some of the honors acquired by him as a cadet we might glance at the column under his name in the Howitzer of 1917 and write:
Acting Corporal, Color Corporal, Captain, Expert Rifleman, on Baseball Squad, Indoor Meet, Tennis Tournament, Hop Manager, Board of Governors, First Class Club, Publication Committee, Y.M.C.A. Handbook, etc., etc.
Upon graduation Cadet McGlachlin stood number 18 in a class of 139 members, which by reason of existing war conditions was graduated on April 20, 1917. He was looked by all who knew him, both as a cadet and officer, as a perfect example of a man and a gentleman in every respect: cool and level headed without egotism or vanity his friends were numbered by his acquaintance.
Upon graduation and assignment to the Field Artillery he probably had before him one of the most brilliant futures of any man of the class; he was assigned to the Third Field Artillery and joined at Fort Meyer where he served until August 25, 1917, when he was made Aide-de-Camp to his father, General McGlachlin. While acting in this capacity at Camp Travis, Texas, he met his death. To quote from the paper which gave an account of his untimely and unfortunate death:
Lieutenant McGlachlin was one of a number of Artillery officers who were making aeroplane flights, carrying out the directions that they accustom themselves for observation duties.
His death, therefore, was in line of duty and his fellow officers feel that he gave his life for his country as much as though his death had been met on the battle field. While striving for Duty, Honor, Country he gave up his life, the first of his class to make the sacrifice.
In him the army lost one of its most promising young officers, the Class of 1917 its star member and his bereaved relatives a most devoted and loving son and brother – all who knew him feel a keen personal loss.
Like many another his part was not a large one, but he performed it as a man and probably better than most and he has gone to his reward. He lies in the cemetery of his Alma Mater.
USMA Class of 1917. Cullum No. 5619.
The Denver Post Tuesday, October 16, 1917
Fall In Plane Ends Life Of General’s Son
Lieutenant McGlachlin Was Aid to His Father
Four Flyers Hurt
Two Planes in Crash to Earth in Practice at Wright’s Field
(By Associated Press)
San Antonio, Texas, October 16. Without regaining consciousness, Lieut. Fenton G. McGlachlin, 24, son of Brigadier General E.T. McGlachlin, commander of the 164th Artillery Brigade, died at the Southern Department Hospital last night from injuries received when he fell 100 feet in an aeroplane yesterday with Lieut. John Frost, U.S.R., in the latter’s private machine. Lieut. McGlachlin came here recently from Fort Myer, Virginia. He was an aide to his father.
The article then details an incident at Wilbur Wright aviation field near Dayton, Ohio in which four aviators were injured.
Forty-Ninth Annual Report Of The Association of the Graduates Of The United States Military Academy, At West Point, New York, June 11th, 1918, Seeman & Peters Inc., Printers And Binders, Saginaw, Michigan, 1918.
Fenton Harrison McGlachlin
No. 5619. Class of 1917.
Died October 15, 1917, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, aged 24.
Captain McGlachlin was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the home of his paternal grandparents, Mr. Edward F. and Mrs. Mary E. McGlachlin, on October 23, 1893. His parents were Major General Edward F. McGlachlin and Mrs. Louise Harrison McGlachlin. Being an army boy her had many homes during his boyhood, Forts Sheridan, McDowell, Walla Walla, Snelling, Hamilton and Jolo, Philippine Islands. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy from the Eighth District of the state of his birth, for which he prepared himself at Schadmann’s Preparatory School. In spite of the many changes of schools and only a short preparatory course of three months he was admitted to the Military Academy on June 14, 1913. His career while at the Academy was indeed creditable, as the records of the Academy show; during his four year course he stood well up in all his classes and one time wore the star of the distinguished cadet. To state specifically some of the honors acquired by him as a cadet we might glance at the column under his name in the Howitzer of 1917 and write:
Acting Corporal, Color Corporal, Captain, Expert Rifleman, on Baseball Squad, Indoor Meet, Tennis Tournament, Hop Manager, Board of Governors, First Class Club, Publication Committee, Y.M.C.A. Handbook, etc., etc.
Upon graduation Cadet McGlachlin stood number 18 in a class of 139 members, which by reason of existing war conditions was graduated on April 20, 1917. He was looked by all who knew him, both as a cadet and officer, as a perfect example of a man and a gentleman in every respect: cool and level headed without egotism or vanity his friends were numbered by his acquaintance.
Upon graduation and assignment to the Field Artillery he probably had before him one of the most brilliant futures of any man of the class; he was assigned to the Third Field Artillery and joined at Fort Meyer where he served until August 25, 1917, when he was made Aide-de-Camp to his father, General McGlachlin. While acting in this capacity at Camp Travis, Texas, he met his death. To quote from the paper which gave an account of his untimely and unfortunate death:
Lieutenant McGlachlin was one of a number of Artillery officers who were making aeroplane flights, carrying out the directions that they accustom themselves for observation duties.
His death, therefore, was in line of duty and his fellow officers feel that he gave his life for his country as much as though his death had been met on the battle field. While striving for Duty, Honor, Country he gave up his life, the first of his class to make the sacrifice.
In him the army lost one of its most promising young officers, the Class of 1917 its star member and his bereaved relatives a most devoted and loving son and brother – all who knew him feel a keen personal loss.
Like many another his part was not a large one, but he performed it as a man and probably better than most and he has gone to his reward. He lies in the cemetery of his Alma Mater.
The Denver Post Tuesday, October 16, 1917
Fall In Plane Ends Life Of General’s Son
Lieutenant McGlachlin Was Aid to His Father
Four Flyers Hurt
Two Planes in Crash to Earth in Practice at Wright’s Field
(By Associated Press)
San Antonio, Texas, October 16. Without regaining consciousness, Lieut. Fenton G. McGlachlin, 24, son of Brigadier General E.T. McGlachlin, commander of the 164th Artillery Brigade, died at the Southern Department Hospital last night from injuries received when he fell 100 feet in an aeroplane yesterday with Lieut. John Frost, U.S.R., in the latter’s private machine. Lieut. McGlachlin came here recently from Fort Myer, Virginia. He was an aide to his father.
The article then details an incident at Wilbur Wright aviation field near Dayton, Ohio in which four aviators were injured.
Forty-Ninth Annual Report Of The Association of the Graduates Of The United States Military Academy, At West Point, New York, June 11th, 1918, Seeman & Peters Inc., Printers And Binders, Saginaw, Michigan, 1918.
Fenton Harrison McGlachlin
No. 5619. Class of 1917.
Died October 15, 1917, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, aged 24.
Captain McGlachlin was born at Stevens Point, Wisconsin, the home of his paternal grandparents, Mr. Edward F. and Mrs. Mary E. McGlachlin, on October 23, 1893. His parents were Major General Edward F. McGlachlin and Mrs. Louise Harrison McGlachlin. Being an army boy her had many homes during his boyhood, Forts Sheridan, McDowell, Walla Walla, Snelling, Hamilton and Jolo, Philippine Islands. He was appointed to the United States Military Academy from the Eighth District of the state of his birth, for which he prepared himself at Schadmann’s Preparatory School. In spite of the many changes of schools and only a short preparatory course of three months he was admitted to the Military Academy on June 14, 1913. His career while at the Academy was indeed creditable, as the records of the Academy show; during his four year course he stood well up in all his classes and one time wore the star of the distinguished cadet. To state specifically some of the honors acquired by him as a cadet we might glance at the column under his name in the Howitzer of 1917 and write:
Acting Corporal, Color Corporal, Captain, Expert Rifleman, on Baseball Squad, Indoor Meet, Tennis Tournament, Hop Manager, Board of Governors, First Class Club, Publication Committee, Y.M.C.A. Handbook, etc., etc.
Upon graduation Cadet McGlachlin stood number 18 in a class of 139 members, which by reason of existing war conditions was graduated on April 20, 1917. He was looked by all who knew him, both as a cadet and officer, as a perfect example of a man and a gentleman in every respect: cool and level headed without egotism or vanity his friends were numbered by his acquaintance.
Upon graduation and assignment to the Field Artillery he probably had before him one of the most brilliant futures of any man of the class; he was assigned to the Third Field Artillery and joined at Fort Meyer where he served until August 25, 1917, when he was made Aide-de-Camp to his father, General McGlachlin. While acting in this capacity at Camp Travis, Texas, he met his death. To quote from the paper which gave an account of his untimely and unfortunate death:
Lieutenant McGlachlin was one of a number of Artillery officers who were making aeroplane flights, carrying out the directions that they accustom themselves for observation duties.
His death, therefore, was in line of duty and his fellow officers feel that he gave his life for his country as much as though his death had been met on the battle field. While striving for Duty, Honor, Country he gave up his life, the first of his class to make the sacrifice.
In him the army lost one of its most promising young officers, the Class of 1917 its star member and his bereaved relatives a most devoted and loving son and brother – all who knew him feel a keen personal loss.
Like many another his part was not a large one, but he performed it as a man and probably better than most and he has gone to his reward. He lies in the cemetery of his Alma Mater.
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