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RICHARD PLATT BULL JR.

Private Coast Artillery Corps

Austin, Texas.

Born September 1, 1896, at Austin, Texas. Received his early schooling in the Austin public schools. Attended A. and M. from September, 1915, to June, 1917. Enlisted in the Coast Artillery Corps at Austin, May 24, 1918 and was sent to Fort Sam Houston. Later he was transferred to Fort San Jacinto, Texas, and assigned to the 11th Company, Coadt Artillery Corps. Accepted in the Coast Artillery Radio School at Fort Monroe, Virginia, and arrived there October 4, 1918. Contracted influenza while on a furlough home and died October 17, 1918, at his home. Mother: Mrs. R. P. Bull, Austin, Texas.

JOSEPH DANIEL CARTER

Captain Engineers

Dallas, Texas.

Born October 1, 1880, near Celeste, Texas. Attended the Kingston, Hunt County, Texas, public schools. Graduated from A. and M. with the Class of 1900. Appointed Captain Engineers September 26, 1917, and assigned to the 5th Engineers at Camp Scurry, Corpus Christi, Texas. Transferred to the 537th Engineers in June, 1918. Sailed for Franca July 12, 1918. Took part in the drives of the Argonne Forest and St. Mihiel. Injured in a truck collision at the end of the St. Mihiel Drive and wounded by an enemy aeroplane bomb October 10, 1918. Killed by a drunken negro private, while attempting to disarm him, March 21, 1919, near Verdun, France. Wife: Mrs. Kathleen H. Carter, 4410 Thomas St., Dallas, Texas.