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Class of 1906

Vol. V
p783 4485

(Born O.)

Walter M. Wilhelm

(Ap'd O.)

Born Defiance, Ohio.a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 16, 1902 to June 12, 1906, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

p785 (Second Lieut., Artillery Corps)

Served: At Vancouver Barracks and the State of Washington, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 1, 1906; transferred to the 18th Field Battery, U. S. Army, and ordered to Cuba with Army of Cuban Pacification, Sept. 29, 1906; arrived in Cuba, Oct. 14, 1906; on march in Cuba across the Pinar del Rio Mountains, from Bahia Honda to Candelaria, Cuba, with battery, Nov., 1906; on march with battery to Batabanó, Cuba, in Jan., 1907.

(First Lieut., Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907)

— Assigned to 52d Company, May 20, 1907; left Cuba, June 7, 1907; at Fort Rodman, Mass., June 20, 1907 to July 1, 1908.

(First Lieut., Ordnance Dept., by detail, July 1, 1908)

— At Sandy Hook Proving Ground, N. J., July 2, 1908, and as Assistant Proof Officer, and as Student at Ordnance School of Application, to June 21, 1909; on leave, June 22 to Aug. 5, 1909.

(Captain, Ordnance Dept., by detail, July 2, 1909)

— At Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1909, and in big gun shop, to –––––.

Vol. VI
p1241 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Walter Marantette Wilhelm, Born Nov. 13, 1884.)

Military History. —

First Lieut., Artillery Corps, Jan. 25, 1907.

Captain, Ordnance Department, by Detail, July 2, 1909.

At Watervliet Arsenal, N. Y., Assistant Superintendent in big gun shop and subsequently Superintendent of Ships and in direct charge of all work, Aug. 6, 1909, to June 19, 1912, when he was relieved from detail in Ordnance Department; on leave of absence to Aug. 2, 1912; at Fort Hancock, N. J., with Company, Aug. 3, 1912, to June 19, 1913; (on duty at Rifle Competition, Sea Girt, N. J., Aug. 24 to Sept. 7, 1912);

(Captain, Ordnance Department, by Detail, June 20, 1913)

at Frankford Arsenal, Pa., June 20, 1913, to Nov. 1, 1915.

Resigned, Nov. 1, 1915.

Civil History. — Vice-President and General Manager of Eddystone Ammunition Corporation, Eddystone, Pa., Nov. 1, 1915, to Oct. 3, 1918.

Died, Oct. 3, 1918, at Philadelphia, Pa.: Aged 33.

Obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1918.

Buried, Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, OH.

Thayer's Note:

a Capt. Wilhelm's birthplace is from his page at Find-a‑Grave.

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