WITH THE COLORS
 From Delta County 1917 1918 1919

An Honor Roll containing a Pictorial Record of the gallant and courageous men from Delta County, Colorado, U.S.A., who served in the Great War.
1917 - 1918 - 1919

Published by Stearns Bros. Co. Delta, Colorado

Private, 136th Infantry, 36th Division; son of J. W. and Anna Beckman, of Cedaredge, Colorado; born January 29th, 1896; entered the service at Camp Cody, New Mexico, June 30th, 1918; discharged February 11th, 1919 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Private, Company G, 157th Infantry, 40th Division; son of J. C. and Neila Bowerman, of Cedaredge, Colorado; born June 14th, 1893; entered service at Camp Funston, Kansas, October 3rd, 1917; discharged at Camp Kearny, California, December, 1918.

D17 - Wendel Bechtel, Delta

Field Hospital Unit No. 16; son of Rev. and Mrs. Philip Bechel; entered the service at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 1917; left for France January, 1918; in active service with his organization on several fronts in France; with the Army of Occupation at Enger Am Rhine, Germany

Son of Lee and Eva Beachman of Hotchkiss, Colorado; born September 8th, 1895; entered the service at Camp Fremont, California, August 7th, 1918; discharged at the station of entering service, September 1st, 1918.

Private First Class, 118th Infantry, 30th Division; son of Lee and Eva Beachman of Hotchkiss, Colorado; born August 9th 1893; entered the service at Camp Cody, New Mexico, June 28th, 1918; landed overseas in October 1918; fought at Ypres, Belgium; discharged at Camp Funston, Kansas, April 29th, 1919.

Corporal, 27th Company, 166th Depot Brigade; born at Beatrice, Nebraska in 1893; entered the service at Fort George Wright, Washington, July 15th, 1917; sailed from the United States September 10th, 1917; member of American Expeditionary forces from September 10th, 1917 to February 9th, 1919; discharged at Camp Lewis, Washington, February 11th, 1919.

Private, Headquarters Company, 162nd Infantry, 41st Division; son of Theodore P. and Jennie L. Davis of Delta, Colorado; born March 3rd, 1897; entered the service at Fort Logan, Colorado, August 6th 1918; stationed at Contres, France, from September 23rd, 1918 until February 19th, 1919; discharged at Fort Logan, Colorado,, March 8th, 1919.

H9 - FLOYD W. DAVIS, Delta (9)

Mechanic, Company E, 308th Infantry, 77th Division; son of T. P. and Jennie L. Davis, of Delta, Colorado; born at West Plaines, Missouri, on November 26th, 1894; entered the service at Camp Cody, New Mexico May 26th 1918; landed in France October 29th, 1918; to Mechanic August 21st, 1918; discharged at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, May 22nd, 1919.

Private, entered the service in April, 1918, at Delta, Colorado, going to Kelly Field, Texas; born at Alma, Nebraska, March 27th, 1895; son of George and Ella Gipe, (deceased) of Cedaredge, Colorado; discharged at Fort Baird, New Mexico, in May of 1919. 

L13 - Reuben G. Gipe, Cedaredge

Private First Class, Military Police of the 10th Division; son of Gart and Elizabeth Gipe of Cedaredge, Colorado; born August 7th, 1892; entered the service October 3rd, 1917 at Camp Funston, Kansas; discharged at the place of entering service, February 4th, 1919.

 Private, 13th Replacement Infantry; son of J. A. and E. M. Hammock; born February 11th, 1886; entered the service at Camp Lewis, Washington, August 28th, 1918 assigned to special duty as landscape gardener; discharged at place of entering service, December 6th, 1918.

Private, Company D, 145th Infantry, 35th Division; son of George and Rachael A. Horn of Delta, Colorado; born February 28th 1888; entered the service at Camp Funston, Kansas, September 18th, 1917; landed overseas in March, 1918; took part in the action during the German drive on Verdun, France; wounded during the battle of Argonne Forest, France; discharged at Camp Funston, Kansas, May 1st, 1919.
 

Private, Students' Army Training Corps; son of Arthur L. and A. Lucy Harbour of Paonia, Colorado; born at Hotchkiss, Colorado, June 26th, 1898; entered the service at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, in September, 1918; discharged at place of entering service in December, 1918.

P13 - HERBERT NEELY PECK, Delta (13)
Private, Students Army Training Corps; son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Peck of Delta, Colorado; born at Canisteo, New York, May 18th, 1898; entered the service October 14th, 1918 at Fort Collins, Colorado, and discharged December 11th 1918.

Private, 14th Field Artillery; entered the service at Omaha, Nebraska, April 10, 1918 to Fort Sill, Oklahoma; discharged at Camp Dodge, Iowa, June 15th, 1919; born August 11th 1882, at Onawa, Iowa; son of John and Mary King of Pender, Nebraska.

Private, Company F. Infantry; son of Mrs. Anna Draper of Roubideau, Colorado; born at Delta, Colorado, August 21st, 1894; entered the service at Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, Colorado, June 14th, 1918; discharged at Camp Forrest, Georgia, December 18th, 1918.

Private, 78th Company 6th Marine, attached to 2nd Division; son of Charles Wayman, deceased, and Mrs. E. M. Wayman Lane of Salinas, California; born January 24th, 1895 at Cedaredge, Colorado; entered the service February 5th, 1918; at Mare Island, California; landed overseas May 8th, 1918; fought in battles of Chateau Thierry, Verdun and St. Mihiel; discharged in June 1919 at Salinas, California.

Y14 - Harry W. Wayman, Cedaredge, (14)

Private, 78th Company, 6th Marines, attached to 2nd Division; son of Charles Wayman, deceased, and Mrs. Effie Wayman Lane of Salanas [sic] California; born October 9th, 1892 at Aspen, Colorado; entered the service February 5th, 1918 at Mare Island, California; landed overseas May 8th, 1918; fought in the battles of Chateau Thierry, Verdun and St. Mihiel, wounded during latter battle, September 15th, 1918; died in Germany November 1st, 1918.

Private, Company K, 308th Infantry, 77th Division; son of William G. and Matilda Rice of Crawford, Colorado; entered the service at Camp Cody, New Mexico, May 26th, 1918; discharged at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, May 24th, 1919.

AB 20 - EARL G. SHAFFER (20)

Captain, Medical Corps; son of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Shaffer of Denver, Colorado; born August 5th, 1878 at Bedford, Iowa; entered the service at Fort Riley, Kansas, April 3rd, 1918; to Captain, May 8th, 1919; discharged at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, June 29th, 1919.

Sergeant, Headquarters Company, 1st Infantry; son of Frank and Grace Heddles of Paonia, Colorado; born April 2nd, 1898 at Erenville, Wisconsin; entered the service October 3rd, 1918; to Sergeant November 11th, 1918; discharged December 17th, 1918; at Madison Scott, Wisconsin.