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WALTER SHERMAN KEELING

Second Lieutenant Air Service

Dallas. Texas.

Born November 5, 1898, at Meridian, Mississippi. Received his early education at the Highland Park Academy, Dallas, Texas. Attended A. and M. from September, 1916, to November, 1917. Enlisted in the Air Service November 15, 1917 and sent to the School of Military Aeronautics, Austin, Texas, for training. Commissioned after completing the flying course at Park Field, Memphis, Tennessee, May 14, 1913. Cross-country flying instructor at Carruthers Field, Fort Worth, Texas. Killed in an aeroplane accident at Carruthers Field September 10, 1918. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Keeling, 3838 Potomac St., Dallas, Texas.


LUKE WITT LOFTUS

Second Lieutenant Infantry

Dolores, Texas.

Born May 24, 1895, at Laredo, Texas. Received his early education in the Laredo public schools; graduating from the High School in 1913. Attended A. and M. from September, 1914, to June 1917. Commissioned Second Lieutenant Infantry (regular army) after completing the training given in the First Officers Training Camp at Leon Springs, Texas, and was assigned to Company "G", 35th Infantry at Nogales, Arizona, Wounded in the stomach in a skirmish with Mexican Federal troops at Nogales, Arizona, August 27th, 1918, and died from his wounds the following day. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. John Loftus, Dolores Texas.

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