| Benjamin Holden Appleby |
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Lieutenant
Wyoming
163rd Depot Brigade at Camp Dodge
19 July 1893, Table Rock, Colorado
11 October 1918
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The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega in March 1919:
Lieutenant Benjamin Holden Appleby (Wyoming Gamma Psi) died of influenza and pneumonia on October 11, 1918. He was born July 19, 1893, at Table Rock, Colorado, and spent much of his life at Victor, in that state. He entered the University of Wyoming in the fall of 1914 and was initiated into Gamma Psi on February 19, 1915. Never has the University had a more popular student nor Alpha Tau a more beloved brother than Ben Appleby.
Unusually active in all his four years of college, he left in May, 1918, to enter the Fourth 0. T. C. at Camp Dodge. At the time he left college he was W. M. of the chapter, president of the Associated Students of the University, Major in the Cadet Corps, President of Delta Sigma Rho, and an Assistant in Psychology. After receiving his commission as second lieutenant in infantry, Ben commanded a company in the 163rd Depot Brigade, at Camp Dodge, until his death. |
The folowing tribute to Brother Appleby is contributed by Alfred R. Williams:
Rarely has it been the privilege of the writer to be associated with such a noble and inspiring character as Lieutenant Ben H. Appleby. It was as a senior at the University of Wyoming that I first came to know "Ben", as we called him; he was then a freshman. Even in his first year at college he gave promise of the leading part he came to play in college activities during the next three years. Seldom has any University, or any fraternity had a man who distinquished himself in so many varied lines of endeavor — debating, literature, or president of the student body, W. M. of his chapter (Gamma Psi), major of the cadet corps, and as an instructor in psychology.
It was with high ideals of service to his country, rather than of winning glory for himself, that Ben left his college work before commencement, to enter the Infantry Officers' Training School at Camp Dodge. He and I were the only two Taus in our company at that time, we bunked side by side through the summer, studied together, prepared for and passed the inspection together. Always unselfish, always cheerful and optimistic, Ben won the regard of all in the company.
In August came his coveted lieutenancy and an assignment to duty with troops. In October he was again promoted, this time from the Army Militant to the Army Triumphant. Our Government has provided that for each six months served in the army, a service chevron may be worn. Ben lacked over a month of rounding his first six months in the service, but who will deny that he now wears the service chevron incandescent, the badge of those who served faithfully and gave their all, than which there is no greater sacrifice.
Of Ben it may be said, as it may of so many of the youths who gave their lives in this war, that he had a "Rendevouz with Death." In the words of Alan Seeger: I have a rendezvous with Death
At some disputed barricade,
When Spring comes back with rustling shade
And apple-blossoms fill the air
I have a rendezvous with Death
When Spring brings back blue days and fair.
It may be he shall take my hand
And lead me into his dark land
And close my eyes and quench my breath
It may be I shall pass him still.
I have a rendezvous with Death
On some scarred slope of battered hill,
When Spring comes round again this year
And the first meadow-flowers appear.
God knows 'twere better to be deep
Pillowed in silk and scented down,
Where love throbs out in blissful sleep,
Pulse nigh to pulse, and breath to breath,
Where hushed awakenings are dear...
But I've a rendezvous with Death
At midnight in some flaming town,
When Spring trips north again this year,
And I to my pledged word am true,
I shall not fail that rendezvous. |
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| Fred Boch |
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Wyoming
167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd Division
07 September 1918
Suresnes American Cemetery, France
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| William N. Collins |
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Wyoming
127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Division
07 October 1918
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
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| Elmer F. Hand |
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Wyoming
364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
27 September 1918
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
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| John Mares |
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Wyoming
58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division
06 August 1918
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France
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| Harry Lester Mathison |
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Sergeant
Wyoming
362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
01 October 1918
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
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| Oakley Day Overton |
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Wyoming
Medical Department
11 October 1918
Oise-Aisne American Cemetery, France
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| Scott Ray Robertson |
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Wyoming
8th Veterinary Hospital
20 September 1918
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, France
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| Joseph Thomas |
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First Sergeant
Wyoming
362nd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division
29 September 1918
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, France
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| Setruk Shahooghian |
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20 July 1881 in Zermak, Armenia, Turkey
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming.
He was of Turkish nationality. |
| Louis William Sherer |
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Wyoming in 1917
03 October 1894 in Harvard, Nebraska, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Lawrence Vernon Simmons |
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Wyoming
15 March 1893 in Wymore, Nebraska, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| William Earl Skelley |
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Wyoming in 1917
05 April 1896 in Monticello, Iowa, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Roy Slaughter |
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Wyoming in 1917
26 March 1893 in Brookfield, Missouri, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Robert Homer Soule |
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Wyoming in 1917
10 February 1900 in Marshall, Indiana, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Harry William Stabach |
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Wyoming in 1917
22 June 1886 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Reynold Emil Stabach |
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Wyoming in 1917
07 September 1891 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Olof Victor Strandquist |
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Wyoming in 1917
22 February 1887 in Soliftea, Angermanland, Sweden
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming.
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| Edward Stuhr |
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Wyoming in 1917
13 July 1888 in Wheatland, Iowa, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Chas Sullivan |
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Wyoming in 1917
02 April 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming. |
| Joseph E. Svestka |
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Wyoming in 1917
02 April 1887 in Visna, Bohemia, Austria
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming.
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| Ludwick Szymanski |
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Wyoming in 1917
26 July 1889 in Plock, Poland
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming.
He was of Polish nationality. |
| Henry August Wurl |
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Wyoming in 1917
20 March 1899
Resided in Albany County, Wyoming.
He was of American nationality. |
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