Henry Howard Houston II
American
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Field Ambulance Service | 1917 |
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- Father Samuel Frederic Houston
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Field Ambulance Service | 1917 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1895/04/05 | Henry Howard Houston II is born in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. | Born | |||||
| 1895/07/00 | After the deaths of both his wife and his father, Samuel F Houston closes Brinkwood and moves with his son and two daughters to Druim Moir, the nearby estate of his mother. | Home | Druim Moir Historic District | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1912/00/00 | Henry Howard Houston II graduates from Chestnut Hill Academy. | Education | Wissahickon Inn | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1916/05/00 | Henry Houston graduates from the University of Penn and enlist in Battery C of the First Field Artillery, Pennsylvania National Guard. In the summer, he is sent to the Texas and New Mexico borders in response to Pancho Villa's raids from Mexico. | Education | |||||
| 1917/01/08 | Henry Houston volunteers with the American Field Ambulance Service. | Vocation | |||||
| 1917/04/05 | Under fire when performing his duty to pick up wounded soldiers from the trenches, the 132nd French Infantry awards Henry Houston the Croix de Guerre for gallantry under fire. | Military | |||||
| 1917/05/00 | In early May, Houston is selected as one of the first group of 15 men sent to be trained at the French Officer's School in Meaux. | Training | |||||
| 1917/07/09 | Houston is stationed near Verdun, France. | Vocation | Verdun Forts Circuit | Verdun | |||
| 1917/08/00 | After the US enters the war, Henry resigns his commission in the French army and joins the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, 28th Division, Pennsylvania National Guard. He returned to the US and received training as an aerial observer at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. | Military | Fort Sill | Fort Sill | |||
| 1918/00/00 | Early in 1918 Houston returns to France as a staff member of the 53rd Field Artillery Brigade, commanded by General William Price. | Military | |||||
| 1918/08/18 | After volunteering to give instruction on the liaison between the air forces and batteries at the front, 1st Lt Henry H Houston of the US Field Artillery, 28th Division, is killed by shell fire south of Arcis-le-Ponsart. He was buried at Suresnes, Seine. | Died |
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