. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . , 1896. He came toChicago in 1905, graduated at Hyde ParkHigh School in 1915 and was completinghis second years course at the Universityof Chicago vihen the United States de-clared war in 1917. He made applica-tion and w^as admitted to the First OfficersTraining Camp at Fort Sheridan. Whilethere he made application for and wastransferred to the Aviation service beingordered to the ground school at Austin,Tex., and then to Ellington Field, Hous-ton, Tex., where he was Harris sailed for France
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . , 1896. He came toChicago in 1905, graduated at Hyde ParkHigh School in 1915 and was completinghis second years course at the Universityof Chicago vihen the United States de-clared war in 1917. He made applica-tion and w^as admitted to the First OfficersTraining Camp at Fort Sheridan. Whilethere he made application for and wastransferred to the Aviation service beingordered to the ground school at Austin,Tex., and then to Ellington Field, Hous-ton, Tex., where he was Harris sailed for France inMay, 1918. He was attached to the FirstDay Bombardment Group, and it waswhile on that duty near Peirrepcnt thathe was killed piloting a plane in a combatbetween two American bombing planesand seven German one-seated battleplanes. The four occupants of theAmerican planes, Lieutenants Taylor,Matthews, Harris and Forbes, were all in-stantly killed and buried together in aGerman military cemetery near , Mr. and Mrs. A. B. B. Harris, Park 2nd Lt. DAVID B. HARRIS. BORN AUGUST 25). 1896DIED SEPTEMBER 26. 1918 Lieutenant Harris was unmarried. HisRow, Chicago, III., survive him. Lieute par-nant Harris was a grandson of General D. B. Harris of the Confederate Army. 90 THE FORT SHERIDAN ASSOCIATION SECOND LIEUTENANT GEORGE DE WITT HARRIS Battery A, 120th Field Artillery, Thirty-second Division. Died on October 13, 191from wounds received in action near Epinonville. 2nd Lt. GEORGE D. HARRIS i!*^
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