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Fred. A. Pearce |
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Military History. — Cadet at the U. S. M. A., June 21, 1893 to June 11, 1897, when he was graduated and promoted in the army to (Add. Second Lieut. of Infantry, 16th Infantry, June 11, 1897) Served: With regiment at Fort Sheridan, Ill., Oct., 1897 to Feb., 1898; (Second Lieut. of Artillery, 6th Artillery, March 8, 1898) with battery at Fort Monroe, Va., Apr. to June, 1898; at the Presidio, San Francisco, Cal., to July 20, 1898, when he sailed with his battery for Manila, arriving there Aug. 22, 1898, and served in the Philippines against Filipino insurgents, until he Died, June 6, 1899, by his own hand, at Manila, P. I.: Aged 28.b See Annual Association of Graduates, U. S. M. A., 1899, for an obituary notice.º Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA. |
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