Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstrom, born in Sweden 5 May 1878, emigrated through Liverpool, England, arriving at the port of New York on 27 April 1897 on the steam ship Paroma.
Frederick took the oath of allegiance and became a US Citizen on 11 May 1916 after already serving in the Marine Corps for 13 years.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28 Aug 1917, Tue BROOKLYNITE VICTIM OF FIRST CASUALTY IN PERSHINGS FORCES Second Lieut. Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C. Killed in Motorcycle Accident WELL KNOWN IN SERVICE News of the first casualty in General Pershings Expeditionary Force in France the death of Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C., a man well known in Brooklyn was received here today in a brief cablegram from Colonel Doyen, commander of the Marine Corps with the Pershing expedition. No explanation of Lieutenant Wahlstroms death, other than that he died from a fractured skull as the result of a motorcycle accident, was given in the brief message, addressed to the Marine Corps headquarters in Manhattan. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was killed in August 21 and was buried in France with full military honors.
General Pershing, Colonel Doyen, and other high officers attended the services, on August 23. His only surviving relative is a cousin, Edward Hagman of Worcester, Mass. Lieutenant Wahlstrom had been an officer only since July 5 and he was among the first to go over in the Pershing force. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was 39 years old and was born in Sweden. He came to this country when 15 years old and enlisted in the Marine Corps as a private in 1903. In 1904 he was one of those sent to Panama, when trouble was brewing between the United States, Panama and Columbia over the canalzone, to which the United States was then receiving title. Two years later, he again went south, to Cuba. He was among the marines landed at Havana on September 30, 1906, to quell the Cuban insurrection and to give support to William Howard Taft, then Secretary of War under Roosevelt, when he took over for a time the government of the country.
Wahlstrom saw much more of the world after that, and in 1915 was assigned to the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. Because of his expert knowledge of electricity, he was placed in charge of the Marine Corps Electrical School. He made his home in Brooklyn while stationed here. He was well known in Masonic circles, having been a member of Covenant Lodge No. 758, F. and A.M. During his two years residence here Lieutenant Wahlstrom made many friends among Brooklynites, by whom he was held in high regard. His rapid promotion from the ranls to a line officer was due not only to his conspicuous record for valor and efficiency, but also to his extraordinary skill as a marksman, said local Marine Corps officials today, in discussing his death. In 1914 Lieutenant Wahlstrom won the international competition for the individual rifle championship of northern China, in which competition the best rifle shots in the principal armies of the world took part. He also captured the national rifle matches held in Sea Girt, N.J., in 1908, and the national competitive shooting matches held in Mt. Peary, Ohio in 1910.
Frederick took the oath of allegiance and became a US Citizen on 11 May 1916 after already serving in the Marine Corps for 13 years.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28 Aug 1917, Tue BROOKLYNITE VICTIM OF FIRST CASUALTY IN PERSHINGS FORCES Second Lieut. Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C. Killed in Motorcycle Accident WELL KNOWN IN SERVICE News of the first casualty in General Pershings Expeditionary Force in France the death of Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C., a man well known in Brooklyn was received here today in a brief cablegram from Colonel Doyen, commander of the Marine Corps with the Pershing expedition. No explanation of Lieutenant Wahlstroms death, other than that he died from a fractured skull as the result of a motorcycle accident, was given in the brief message, addressed to the Marine Corps headquarters in Manhattan. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was killed in August 21 and was buried in France with full military honors.
General Pershing, Colonel Doyen, and other high officers attended the services, on August 23. His only surviving relative is a cousin, Edward Hagman of Worcester, Mass. Lieutenant Wahlstrom had been an officer only since July 5 and he was among the first to go over in the Pershing force. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was 39 years old and was born in Sweden. He came to this country when 15 years old and enlisted in the Marine Corps as a private in 1903. In 1904 he was one of those sent to Panama, when trouble was brewing between the United States, Panama and Columbia over the canalzone, to which the United States was then receiving title. Two years later, he again went south, to Cuba. He was among the marines landed at Havana on September 30, 1906, to quell the Cuban insurrection and to give support to William Howard Taft, then Secretary of War under Roosevelt, when he took over for a time the government of the country.
Wahlstrom saw much more of the world after that, and in 1915 was assigned to the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. Because of his expert knowledge of electricity, he was placed in charge of the Marine Corps Electrical School. He made his home in Brooklyn while stationed here. He was well known in Masonic circles, having been a member of Covenant Lodge No. 758, F. and A.M. During his two years residence here Lieutenant Wahlstrom made many friends among Brooklynites, by whom he was held in high regard. His rapid promotion from the ranls to a line officer was due not only to his conspicuous record for valor and efficiency, but also to his extraordinary skill as a marksman, said local Marine Corps officials today, in discussing his death. In 1914 Lieutenant Wahlstrom won the international competition for the individual rifle championship of northern China, in which competition the best rifle shots in the principal armies of the world took part. He also captured the national rifle matches held in Sea Girt, N.J., in 1908, and the national competitive shooting matches held in Mt. Peary, Ohio in 1910.
Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstrom, born in Sweden 5 May 1878, emigrated through Liverpool, England, arriving at the port of New York on 27 April 1897 on the steam ship Paroma.
Frederick took the oath of allegiance and became a US Citizen on 11 May 1916 after already serving in the Marine Corps for 13 years.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28 Aug 1917, Tue BROOKLYNITE VICTIM OF FIRST CASUALTY IN PERSHINGS FORCES Second Lieut. Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C. Killed in Motorcycle Accident WELL KNOWN IN SERVICE News of the first casualty in General Pershings Expeditionary Force in France the death of Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C., a man well known in Brooklyn was received here today in a brief cablegram from Colonel Doyen, commander of the Marine Corps with the Pershing expedition. No explanation of Lieutenant Wahlstroms death, other than that he died from a fractured skull as the result of a motorcycle accident, was given in the brief message, addressed to the Marine Corps headquarters in Manhattan. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was killed in August 21 and was buried in France with full military honors.
General Pershing, Colonel Doyen, and other high officers attended the services, on August 23. His only surviving relative is a cousin, Edward Hagman of Worcester, Mass. Lieutenant Wahlstrom had been an officer only since July 5 and he was among the first to go over in the Pershing force. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was 39 years old and was born in Sweden. He came to this country when 15 years old and enlisted in the Marine Corps as a private in 1903. In 1904 he was one of those sent to Panama, when trouble was brewing between the United States, Panama and Columbia over the canalzone, to which the United States was then receiving title. Two years later, he again went south, to Cuba. He was among the marines landed at Havana on September 30, 1906, to quell the Cuban insurrection and to give support to William Howard Taft, then Secretary of War under Roosevelt, when he took over for a time the government of the country.
Wahlstrom saw much more of the world after that, and in 1915 was assigned to the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. Because of his expert knowledge of electricity, he was placed in charge of the Marine Corps Electrical School. He made his home in Brooklyn while stationed here. He was well known in Masonic circles, having been a member of Covenant Lodge No. 758, F. and A.M. During his two years residence here Lieutenant Wahlstrom made many friends among Brooklynites, by whom he was held in high regard. His rapid promotion from the ranls to a line officer was due not only to his conspicuous record for valor and efficiency, but also to his extraordinary skill as a marksman, said local Marine Corps officials today, in discussing his death. In 1914 Lieutenant Wahlstrom won the international competition for the individual rifle championship of northern China, in which competition the best rifle shots in the principal armies of the world took part. He also captured the national rifle matches held in Sea Girt, N.J., in 1908, and the national competitive shooting matches held in Mt. Peary, Ohio in 1910.
Frederick took the oath of allegiance and became a US Citizen on 11 May 1916 after already serving in the Marine Corps for 13 years.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 28 Aug 1917, Tue BROOKLYNITE VICTIM OF FIRST CASUALTY IN PERSHINGS FORCES Second Lieut. Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C. Killed in Motorcycle Accident WELL KNOWN IN SERVICE News of the first casualty in General Pershings Expeditionary Force in France the death of Second Lieutenant Frederick Wahlstrom, U.S.M.C., a man well known in Brooklyn was received here today in a brief cablegram from Colonel Doyen, commander of the Marine Corps with the Pershing expedition. No explanation of Lieutenant Wahlstroms death, other than that he died from a fractured skull as the result of a motorcycle accident, was given in the brief message, addressed to the Marine Corps headquarters in Manhattan. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was killed in August 21 and was buried in France with full military honors.
General Pershing, Colonel Doyen, and other high officers attended the services, on August 23. His only surviving relative is a cousin, Edward Hagman of Worcester, Mass. Lieutenant Wahlstrom had been an officer only since July 5 and he was among the first to go over in the Pershing force. Lieutenant Wahlstrom was 39 years old and was born in Sweden. He came to this country when 15 years old and enlisted in the Marine Corps as a private in 1903. In 1904 he was one of those sent to Panama, when trouble was brewing between the United States, Panama and Columbia over the canalzone, to which the United States was then receiving title. Two years later, he again went south, to Cuba. He was among the marines landed at Havana on September 30, 1906, to quell the Cuban insurrection and to give support to William Howard Taft, then Secretary of War under Roosevelt, when he took over for a time the government of the country.
Wahlstrom saw much more of the world after that, and in 1915 was assigned to the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn. Because of his expert knowledge of electricity, he was placed in charge of the Marine Corps Electrical School. He made his home in Brooklyn while stationed here. He was well known in Masonic circles, having been a member of Covenant Lodge No. 758, F. and A.M. During his two years residence here Lieutenant Wahlstrom made many friends among Brooklynites, by whom he was held in high regard. His rapid promotion from the ranls to a line officer was due not only to his conspicuous record for valor and efficiency, but also to his extraordinary skill as a marksman, said local Marine Corps officials today, in discussing his death. In 1914 Lieutenant Wahlstrom won the international competition for the individual rifle championship of northern China, in which competition the best rifle shots in the principal armies of the world took part. He also captured the national rifle matches held in Sea Girt, N.J., in 1908, and the national competitive shooting matches held in Mt. Peary, Ohio in 1910.
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