Robb Centre News - October 2020

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ROBB CENTRE NEWS GEORGE S. ROBB CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF THE GREAT WAR AT PARK UNIVERSITY MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Corporal Howard R. Votaw BY ASHLYN WEBER

leaving Park College, Howard lived in Chicago, Illinois with his aunt, working at one time as a traveling salesman, later for Darling & Co., U.S. Stockyards in Chicago. Howard enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps on July 28, 1917 as a Private with the 120th Company, 1st Replacement Battalion, stationed at the U.S. Marine Corps Barracks in Quantico, Virginia; by fall of

The George S. Robb Centre is first and foremost an entity dedicated to remembering veterans of World War I, a period often forgotten by the masses. Though we specialize in the Valor Medals Review, an investigation into minority servicemembers who may have been denied the Medal of Honor, we would like to share a few more stories closer to home. A new series run by the Robb Centre, in coordination with the Park University Fishburn Archives and Special Collections, takes a look at

1918, he was a Corporal with the 97th Company, 6th Regiment, AEF in France. Corporal Votaw fell in the Argonne Forest, Argonne, France, on October 4, 1918; his body was returned to the U.S. and buried in Neoga Memorial Cemetery, Neoga, Illinois in 1921. The Neoga, Illinois, American Legion Post 458 is named for Corporal's Votaw and Ralph Swank, both killed in action in France during World War I.

the ten Park College Alumni who were killed in action during the War. Born on August 12, 1891 to Lyman and Olive Buchanan

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Votaw, Howard Russell was the youngest of three children. Raised in the small town of Neoga, Illinois, his parents operated a profitable furniture business and were active in local affairs, including the Neoga Presbyterian Church. After graduating in a class of 9 from Neoga High School in 1908, Howard attended Park College in Parkville, Missouri, graduating in 1912. After OCTOBER 2020, VOLUME 2

13th: 245th Birthday of the U.S. Navy 15th: USS Cassin v. U-61 24th: Vittorio-Vento Campaign begins

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