Richard Hall Tombstone
Details:
Monument Text:
RICHARD NELVILLE HALL
MAY 18,1894 DECEMBER 25, 1915
GRADUATE OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN THE CLASS OF 1915
MEMBER OF SECTION THREE OF THE AMERICAN AMBULANCE FIELD SERVICE
KILLED BY THE EXPLOSION OF A SHELL
WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY
AN AMERICAN WHO DIED FOR FRANCE
AND MANKIND
"CHEVALIER DE LA BIENFAISANCE"
THIS GRANITE STONE, TAKEN FROM THE HILLS
SURROUNDING THE COLLEGE OF HIS GRADUATION
AND TYPIFYING THE SIMPLICITY AND STRENGTH OF
ITS SPIRIT, IS PLACED AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION
AND HONOR BY THE MEMBERS OF HIS CLASS
English translation:
"Chevalier de la Bienfaisance" = "Charitable Knight"
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Ambulance Corps
American Ambulance Field Service, Section 3
American Field Service
American Volunteer Group
Wars:
WWI
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