SPWalker
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‘Roll-call’ from a 1910’s military dumpsite along the Mexican Border.
A friend and I came upon an area last week used to discard trash that is most likely dated from 1905 to 1918 +/-. The general area was once occupied by the US Army on a military post just a few hundred feet from the Rio Grande River. To date we have dug buttons, coins, bottles, and many other personal items from the solders and their families. I myself have found 32 aluminum (or pot medal) dog tags and my friends have found two more. As the dog tags came up I realized that they were either lost in clothing or just thrown away.
Once I got them home and I was able to clean them up, I then stared to be able to read each name on the tags some clearly and others in part. Some of the tags were duplicates and others were singles. All have wear marks around the holes that would have been used with a chain or twine around the necks of the solders. As I cleaned each one, it was like taking ‘Roll call’ 100 years after.
From what I have read over 12,000 solders occupied the area at the turn of the century to protect the border lands from Mexican bandit raids and the threat the United States had from Mexico as the Mexican government was German sympathizers during World War I.
Any one interested in the research to finding the next of kin to any of the solders listed is welcome to do so. Ones we can verify the information I will be able to return the dog tags to them. I know that this has happened in the past (as it is our code). It may also be information that the US Army may want for their archives, so any information on who to contact with the US Army would be appreciated.
The lists of names on the tags are as follows:
Note: Numbers in parenthesis (332256) is on the reverse side of the tag, all other information is on one side.
is on areas that I can not read due to corrosion.
-Photos attached-
THOMAS?
4 CAV.
U.S.A.
331652
THOMAS TEDFORD
4” CAV.
U.S.A.
REG.SUP.SGT.
331652
KIRK FRIT Z.
HRS
TR. E. 4.CAV.
U.S.A.
(331872)
??RK FRIT Z.
HRS
TR. E. 4.CAV.
U.S.A.
(331872)
JOSEPH. TOSCANO.
TRP. D. 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332302)
JOSEPH. TOSCANO.
PVT
TRP. D 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332302)
BOWMAN. MILOW. D
PVT
4
[CROSS SABORS]
?
U.S.A.
BOWMAN. MILOW
PVT
4
[CROSS SABORS]
? [LOOKS Z OVER Z]
U.S.A.
(332362)
GILLMAN.R. CARLE.
PVT.
4TH . CAV.
TROOP. G.
U.S.A.
(332333)
GILLMAN. R. CARLE
BGL
TROOP ‘G’
4TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
(GILMAN)
(332333)
DYCHE ALBERT.
CPL.
TR. L. CAV
U.S.A.
(40)
DYCHE ALBERT
CPL.
TR.E.4.CAV
U.S.A.
WILIIAM O REVIS
332003
PVT.
TROOP H 4TH. CAV
U.S.A.
WILLIAM O REVIS
332003
PVT
TP H 4 CAV
USA
JOHN C. KALLIN
PVT.
TR. E. 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(331860)
CHARLES F. VARRIER
PVT
TR H 4 CAV
USA
33201?
SAMUAL J WAKENS
338957
CORP
SERGT
TROOP ??
U.S.A.
IK E KLINZAK
TROOP G
?TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332359)
AL?ONSO J. CROSS
TRO?? CAV.
HOUCK GEORGE W
PVT.
TR. E. 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(331865)
HANS L MADSEN
PVT
TR H 4 CAV
USA
(3??)
GAR?ND F LYDA?
TR H 4 CAV
USA
(331985)
ITHEL M KING
PVT
TR H CAV
USA
(33I980)
GREEN GEORGE B.
CPL.
TP. E. 4 CAV.
U.S.A.
(331855)
OBERG. EPHM. W.
U.S.A.
(332.433.)
CARL W. ROHRBECK
PVT
TR H 4 CAV
USA
(332005)
RICHARD A. CATES
PRIVATE
TROOP L 4TH
CAVALRY
U.S.A.
(332264)
ALEXISKR IVCHUCK
PVT.
TROOP G
4TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
EDWARD KINNEY
PVT.
TROOP G
4 TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332356)
.PVT. JOHN. THARP
TROOP M
4TH OAV
JOHN LONE
CPL
TP H 4 CAV
USA
(331893)
SILVERIO MAR?IN
TR B 4 CAV
USA
(331990)
RAMOND FRED B.
U.S.A.
(332437
I thought it would also be befitting to post this on Memorial Day week and to pay a small tribute to these solders and to remember their service to our county.
S.P.Walker
Keep on digging
A friend and I came upon an area last week used to discard trash that is most likely dated from 1905 to 1918 +/-. The general area was once occupied by the US Army on a military post just a few hundred feet from the Rio Grande River. To date we have dug buttons, coins, bottles, and many other personal items from the solders and their families. I myself have found 32 aluminum (or pot medal) dog tags and my friends have found two more. As the dog tags came up I realized that they were either lost in clothing or just thrown away.
Once I got them home and I was able to clean them up, I then stared to be able to read each name on the tags some clearly and others in part. Some of the tags were duplicates and others were singles. All have wear marks around the holes that would have been used with a chain or twine around the necks of the solders. As I cleaned each one, it was like taking ‘Roll call’ 100 years after.
From what I have read over 12,000 solders occupied the area at the turn of the century to protect the border lands from Mexican bandit raids and the threat the United States had from Mexico as the Mexican government was German sympathizers during World War I.
Any one interested in the research to finding the next of kin to any of the solders listed is welcome to do so. Ones we can verify the information I will be able to return the dog tags to them. I know that this has happened in the past (as it is our code). It may also be information that the US Army may want for their archives, so any information on who to contact with the US Army would be appreciated.
The lists of names on the tags are as follows:
Note: Numbers in parenthesis (332256) is on the reverse side of the tag, all other information is on one side.
is on areas that I can not read due to corrosion.-Photos attached-
THOMAS
?4 CAV.
U.S.A.
331652
THOMAS TEDFORD
4” CAV.
U.S.A.
REG.SUP.SGT.
331652
KIRK FRIT Z.
HRS
TR. E. 4.CAV.
U.S.A.
(331872)
??RK FRIT Z.
HRS
TR. E. 4.CAV.
U.S.A.
(331872)
JOSEPH. TOSCANO.
TRP. D. 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332302)
JOSEPH. TOSCANO.
PVT
TRP. D 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332302)
BOWMAN. MILOW. D
PVT
4
[CROSS SABORS]
?
U.S.A.
BOWMAN. MILOW
PVT
4
[CROSS SABORS]
? [LOOKS Z OVER Z]
U.S.A.
(332362)
GILLMAN.R. CARLE.
PVT.
4TH . CAV.
TROOP. G.
U.S.A.
(332333)
GILLMAN. R. CARLE
BGL
TROOP ‘G’
4TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
(GILMAN)
(332333)
DYCHE ALBERT.
CPL.
TR. L. CAV
U.S.A.
(40)
DYCHE ALBERT
CPL.
TR.E.4.CAV
U.S.A.
WILIIAM O REVIS
332003
PVT.
TROOP H 4TH. CAV
U.S.A.
WILLIAM O REVIS
332003
PVT
TP H 4 CAV
USA
JOHN C. KALLIN
PVT.
TR. E. 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(331860)
CHARLES F. VARRIER
PVT
TR H 4 CAV
USA
33201?
SAMUAL J WAKENS
338957
CORP
SERGT
TROOP ??
U.S.A.
IK E KLINZAKTROOP G
?TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332359)
AL?ONSO J. CROSS
TRO?? CAV.
HOUCK GEORGE W
PVT.
TR. E. 4. CAV.
U.S.A.
(331865)
HANS L MADSEN
PVT
TR H 4 CAV
USA
(3
??)GAR?ND F LYDA?
TR H 4 CAV
USA
(331985)
ITHEL M KING
PVT
TR H CAV
USA
(33I980)
GREEN GEORGE B.
CPL.
TP. E. 4 CAV.
U.S.A.
(331855)
OBERG. EPH
M. W.U.S.A.
(332.433.)
CARL W. ROHRBECK
PVT
TR H 4 CAV
USA
(332005)
RICHARD A. CATES
PRIVATE
TROOP L 4TH
CAVALRY
U.S.A.
(332264)
ALEXISKR IVCHUCK
PVT.
TROOP G
4TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
EDWARD KINNEY
PVT.
TROOP G
4 TH. CAV.
U.S.A.
(332356)
.PVT. JOHN. THARP
TROOP M
4TH OAV
JOHN LONE
CPL
TP H 4 CAV
USA
(331893)
SILVERIO MAR?IN
TR B 4 CAV
USA
(331990)
RAMOND FRED B.
U.S.A.
(332437
I thought it would also be befitting to post this on Memorial Day week and to pay a small tribute to these solders and to remember their service to our county.
S.P.Walker
Keep on digging
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