478 Aero Squadron

My Grandfather, Herbert Weet, enlisted in the army and was eventually assigned to the 66th Aero Squadron at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas. The 66th was redesignated as the 478th Aero Squadron as part of the AEF. My grandfather saved an event program which included a complete roster of the Unit. The cover and event information is in the picture below, the complete roster follows.

Name	City
Captain Albert Bloom	New York City
1st Lt. John A. Connell	Ridgefield, Conn.
1st Lt. William M. Halley	New York City
1st Lt. Edmund H. Gibson	Richmond, Va.
1st Lt. Meverell B. Van Doren	Richmond, Va.
2nd Lt. Allison R. Turney	Newport News, Va.

Master Signal Electricians

Charles F. Seaverns	Roxbury, Mass.
Thomas J. Taylor	Fitchburg, Mass.

Sergeants, First Class

Charles M. Wrinn	Wallingford, Conn.
Bedford C. Gordon	Fort Worth, Tex.
Robert Finton	St. Paul, Min.
Arthur J. Lyons	Brookline, Mass.
James Jeffers	Hartford, Conn.
William E. Cox	Portland, Ore.
James R. Carss	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Harry H. Mauthe	Utica, N.Y.
William B. Burnham	Goffstown, N.H.

Sergeants

Dominic M. Julian	North Adams, Mass.
George F. Ketterman	Portland, Ore.
Henry D. Williamson	Charlotte, N.C.
John Yuhas	Passaic, N.J.
Frank H. Sullivan	New Haven, Conn.
Edward Johnson	Portland, Ore.
Gilbert A. Campbell	East Dedham, Mass.
Alfred J. Beaupre	Holyoke, Mass.
William E. Hannigan	Fitchburg, Mass.
Ernest W. Christensen	Gloucester, Mass.
John D. Park	Riverside, Ore.
Kenneth S. Edgely	Alexandria Bay, N.Y.

Corporals

William F. O'Connor	Long Island City, N.Y.
Donald R. Russell	Searsport, Maine
Warren A. Blair	Charleston, Mass.
Goldwin P. Wilson	White Salmon, Wash.
Julius Zbojan	Newark, N.J.
George L. Kagley	The Dalles, Ore.
Francis X. Brunelle	Enfield, Conn.
John Dodson	Bickleton, Wash.
Ernest A. Jenkinson	Lawrence, Mass.
Arthur W. Briggs	Beaverton, Ore.
Michael F. McNamara	Yonkers, N.Y.
Ralph D. Moore	Barneveld, N.Y.
William Lawrenson	Providence, R.I.
Alfred J. Leger	Gardener, Mass.
Fred B. Logan	Bridgeport, Neb.
Arthur L. Luques	Tucson, Ariz.
John R. Martin	Hartford, Conn.

Chauffeurs

Egbert Corwin	Long Island City, N.Y.
Francis J. DeSpagno	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Frank M. Kenefick	Canton, Mass.
Lauren E. Dowell	Detroit, Mich.

Cooks

John C. Wynne	San Francisco, Cal.
William H. Deitrick	Williamsport, Pa.
Edward H. Farrell	Dorchester, Mass.
Frederick B. Caylor	Herefrod, Tex.
Edward F. Daniels	Jersey City, N.J.
Arthur A. Jackson	Freeport, Tex.

Privates, First Class

Archie H. Binns	Dot, Wash.
Clarence J. Burnett	Indian Orchard, Mass.
James E. Connon	Madison, N.J.
James J. Duffy	Jersey City, N.J.
James R. Hussey	Haverhill, Mass.
Thomas J. Rogers	Andover, Mass.
Timothy M. Scannell	Springfield, Mass.
Glen H. Sherman	Tully, N.Y.
George G. Stanton	Portland, Ore.
Robert E. Watkins	Omaha, Neb.
Herbert P. Weet	Pittsburg, Pa.
John P. Winn	Springfield, Mass.
George Yudovitz	Fall River, Mass.

Privates

Malcolm L. Aldridge	Creshaw, Mass.
Julius Antine	Brooklyn N.Y.
Joseph Atherton	Greystone, R.I.
Walter Binns	New York City
George Boylan	East Orange, N.J.
Luther E. Browning	Ontario, Ore.
John E. Burns	Niagra Falls, N.Y.
Philip H. Carnall	Northampton, Mass.
Walter B. Carnsew	Warren, Ohio
James Carrio	New York City
Roy E. Casida	Kiowa, Kan.
Alfred F. Connelly	Newark, N.J.
Arne V. Copple	Portland, Ore.
Harold L. Corts	Barneveld, N.Y.
Patrick L. Cullity	Jersey City, N.J.
Russell M. Curry	Philadelphia, Pa.
Harvey T. Dionne	Beaverville, Ill.
George H. Dolan	Worcester, Mass.
Robert J. Dowty	Fort Benton, Mont.
Herbert D'Sinter	Philadelphia, Pa.
George H. Elliott	Portland, Ore.
Benjamin F. Ellis	Liberty, Tex.
Rudolph Etleman	Fairhaven, Mass.
Paul L. Fitzgerald	Springfield, Mass.
LeRoy E. Foster	Waterbury, Mass.
Rudolph O. Gay	Elkhart, Ind.
Raymond C. Gennett	Indian Orchard, Mass.
Charles S. Goldman	Akron, Ohio
Lysle K. Goyette	Chicago, Ill.
Clarence E. Hansell	Llanarch, Pa.
Charles Harkins	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wash Hartman	Nusqually, Wash.
Edmund E. Haskell	Princeton, Ill.
Hollis Hathaway	New Bedford, Mass.
Michael J. Healy	New York City
Bert Hodgson	Cleveland, Ohio
Frank B. Hodgson	Cleveland, Ohio
Frederick T. Horton	Lincoln, Neb.
Nicholas A. Karho	Astoria, Ore.
Frank A. Kelley	Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Emmons V. Knox	Portland, Ore.
Morris Kosser	Cleveland, Ohio
Herbert L. Leusher	East Weare, N.H.
Charles H. Lockoff	Paterson, N.J.
Alfred Lussier	Ware, Mass.
John E. Madden	New York City
Timothy J. Mahoney	Bradford, Mass.
John H. Martin	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Thomas F. McNamara	Lawrence, Mass.
James J. McNamee	Portchester, N.Y.
Harry McNeilly	Worcester, Mass.
Joseph E. Michalek	Chinook, Mont.
Carlo Miglino	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Harry H. Morton, Jr.	Newark, N.J.
Gromenos Moshos	Johnstown, Pa.
Charles E. Murphy	Providence, R.I.
Michael F. Neary	Scranton, Pa.
Rasmus A. Nielsen	Lynn, Mass.
Robert Norton	Jersey City, N.J.
Abraham Pere	New York City
George Petersen	New York City
Carl W. Phillips	Portland, Ore.
Rudolph Pollini	Lindenhurst, L.I.
James Pope	Brooklyn, N.Y.
Leonard H. Pratt	Saginaw, Mich.
Frank Read	Johnston, R.I.
Milton Richardson	Rochster, N.Y.
Ray A. Roberts	Olean, N.Y.
John M. Rowe	Fort Benton, Mont.
Harry A. Ryder	East Orange, N.J.
Stephen J. Schaefer	Portland, Ore.
Frank A. Smith	Portland, Ore.
George A. Smith	Providence, R.I.
Harry E. Smith	Goldendale, Wash.
John M. Speed	Hayward, Cal.
Arnold B. Syverson	Beaverton, Ore.
Edgar Thomas	Vandale, Ark.
Charl H. Thuring	New York City
John C. Van Wyk	Erieville, N.Y.
Arthur E. Wells	Holyoke, Mass.
Leon C. Whitehead	New York City
Everett Willard	Middleboro, Mass.
Harry B. Williams	Moline, Ill.

Sources:
"OVER THERE" with the 478 Aero Squadron, 20 Sep 1918

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