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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1909

Vol. V
p839
4848

(Born Wis.)

Guy W. McClelland

(Ap'd Wis.)

99

Born Berlin, WI.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, June 15, 1905 to June 11, 1909, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

(Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry)

Service unknown, no information having been received.

Vol. VI
p1464
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Guy William McClelland, Born July 13, 1886.)

Military History. —

Second Lieut., 9th Cavalry, June 11, 1909.

At Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., Sept. 11, 1909, to Aug. 27, 1911; at Camp Perry, Ohio, at Rifle Competition, and on leave of absence, Aug. 30 to Sept. 30, 1911; at Fort D. A. Russell, Oct. 6, 1911, to Sept. 12, 1912; (commanding Machine Gun Platoon, Oct. 6, 1911, to Jan. 14, 1912 and with Troop, Jan. 15 to Sept. 12, 1912); at Douglas, Arizona, with Troop, Sept. 15 to Nov. 26, 1912; at Nogales, Arizona, Dec. 1, 1912, to Feb. 6, 1913; at Douglas, Arizona, Feb. 8 to Aug. 19, 1913; on leave of absence, Aug. 20 to Sept. 21, 1913; at Fort Riley, Kans., student officer at Mounted Service Schools, Sept. 25, 1913, to May 22, 1914; at Hachita, N. M., with Troop, May 4 to July 18, 1914; at Presidio of San Francisco, Cal., sick and on leave of absence, July 25 to

(Transferred to 8th Cavalry, Sept. 1, 1914)

 p1465  Nov. 28, 1914; awaiting transportation and en route to Philippines, Nov. 29, 1914, to Feb. 3, 1915; at Fort William McKinley, P. I., Feb. 5, 1915, to

(First Lieut. of Cavalry, July 1, 1916)

(Assigned to 15th Cavalry, Aug. 15, 1916)

April 13, 1917; en route to U. S. and on leave of absence, April 14 to

(Captain of Cavalry, May 15, 1917)

July 13, 1917; at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo., with 25th Cavalry, July 16, 1917, to

(Assigned to 25th Cavalry, (83d F. A.), Aug. 15, 1917)

Feb. 18, 1918, at Camp Fremont, Cal., commanding Battery, Feb. 22 to April 18, 1918; at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, on detached service, April 22 to

(Major, National Army, June 7, 1918)

Aug. 15, 1918; with 81st Field Artillery, Aug. 16 to Oct. 19, 1918; en route to France and in France with 81st Field Artillery, to Jan. 17, 1919.

Died, Jan. 17, 1919, In France: Aged 32.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1920.

Buried, Saint‑Mihiel American Cemetery,
Thiaucourt-Regniéville (Meurthe‑et-Moselle), France.


Thayer's Note:

a Maj. McClelland's birthplace is from his AOG obituary.


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