Served in US Navy, KIA WWI
FIRST OF LOMPOC’S BOYS IN THE NAVY DIES IN SERVICE Eldrilge L. Badger, the first of the many Lompoc boys in the service of the government to die in a foreign country, was buried with military honors yesterday in Evergreen cemetery. The young man was a fireman second class on board the U. S. Battleship South Dakota and died at Montevedio, Uruguay, South America on the 6th of November. The remains were shipped by the government to Lompoc arriving here Christmas day. The Home Guards accompanied the body to the grave yard where the Rev. F. M. Clark, acting chaplain, conducted a short service following which the Guards fired the farewell salute of three guns over the grave, Bugler Everett sounding “taps.” A number of the marines from the radio station came over to pay their respects to their comrade in arms. Eldridge Badger was the son of Mrs. D. W. Badger of Santa Rita and leaves besides her, two sisters to mourn his loss, Mrs. Chas. A. Davis and Mrs. J. N. Garter. Mr. Badger was 24 years at the time of his death and was among the first to enlist at the out break of hostilities.
(Source: Lompoc Journal, Volume XXIX, Number 33, 28 December 1917)
FIRST OF LOMPOC’S BOYS IN THE NAVY DIES IN SERVICE Eldrilge L. Badger, the first of the many Lompoc boys in the service of the government to die in a foreign country, was buried with military honors yesterday in Evergreen cemetery. The young man was a fireman second class on board the U. S. Battleship South Dakota and died at Montevedio, Uruguay, South America on the 6th of November. The remains were shipped by the government to Lompoc arriving here Christmas day. The Home Guards accompanied the body to the grave yard where the Rev. F. M. Clark, acting chaplain, conducted a short service following which the Guards fired the farewell salute of three guns over the grave, Bugler Everett sounding “taps.” A number of the marines from the radio station came over to pay their respects to their comrade in arms. Eldridge Badger was the son of Mrs. D. W. Badger of Santa Rita and leaves besides her, two sisters to mourn his loss, Mrs. Chas. A. Davis and Mrs. J. N. Garter. Mr. Badger was 24 years at the time of his death and was among the first to enlist at the out break of hostilities.
(Source: Lompoc Journal, Volume XXIX, Number 33, 28 December 1917)
Served in US Navy, KIA WWI
FIRST OF LOMPOC’S BOYS IN THE NAVY DIES IN SERVICE Eldrilge L. Badger, the first of the many Lompoc boys in the service of the government to die in a foreign country, was buried with military honors yesterday in Evergreen cemetery. The young man was a fireman second class on board the U. S. Battleship South Dakota and died at Montevedio, Uruguay, South America on the 6th of November. The remains were shipped by the government to Lompoc arriving here Christmas day. The Home Guards accompanied the body to the grave yard where the Rev. F. M. Clark, acting chaplain, conducted a short service following which the Guards fired the farewell salute of three guns over the grave, Bugler Everett sounding “taps.” A number of the marines from the radio station came over to pay their respects to their comrade in arms. Eldridge Badger was the son of Mrs. D. W. Badger of Santa Rita and leaves besides her, two sisters to mourn his loss, Mrs. Chas. A. Davis and Mrs. J. N. Garter. Mr. Badger was 24 years at the time of his death and was among the first to enlist at the out break of hostilities.
(Source: Lompoc Journal, Volume XXIX, Number 33, 28 December 1917)
FIRST OF LOMPOC’S BOYS IN THE NAVY DIES IN SERVICE Eldrilge L. Badger, the first of the many Lompoc boys in the service of the government to die in a foreign country, was buried with military honors yesterday in Evergreen cemetery. The young man was a fireman second class on board the U. S. Battleship South Dakota and died at Montevedio, Uruguay, South America on the 6th of November. The remains were shipped by the government to Lompoc arriving here Christmas day. The Home Guards accompanied the body to the grave yard where the Rev. F. M. Clark, acting chaplain, conducted a short service following which the Guards fired the farewell salute of three guns over the grave, Bugler Everett sounding “taps.” A number of the marines from the radio station came over to pay their respects to their comrade in arms. Eldridge Badger was the son of Mrs. D. W. Badger of Santa Rita and leaves besides her, two sisters to mourn his loss, Mrs. Chas. A. Davis and Mrs. J. N. Garter. Mr. Badger was 24 years at the time of his death and was among the first to enlist at the out break of hostilities.
(Source: Lompoc Journal, Volume XXIX, Number 33, 28 December 1917)
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