WALTER RILEY McCARTY
75 Bartlett Street, Rochester, N. Y.

Walter Riley McCarty was born in Rochester, N. Y, May 11, 1890, son of William H. and Amelia McCarty. He was graduated from Immaculate Conception School and West High School, and his name appears on their Honor Rolls. Later he attended Mechanics Institute, and then went to the University of Pennsylvania, where he was graduated as Bachelor of Science. He was employed as an electrician at Rochester, Buffalo, and Philadelphia. He was a member of the Jovian Order of Electricians, and of the Knights of Columbus. Entered the service at Essington, Pa., July 26, 1917, at the age of 27 years, in the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, being sent to Cornell University, where he was graduated from the School of Aviation, October, 1917. He was then sent to Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, where he received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the 24th Aero Squadron, April 24, 1918; transferred to Post Field, Fort Sill, Okla., where he received orders for foreign service. Embarked overseas, August 9, 1918, arriving in England. He died of broncho-pneumonia, September 20, 1918, at Base Hospital Number 18, Bazoilles, France. First buried in American Cemetery, Number 6, Vosges, France; later his body was brought back to America on the U.S.S. Wheaton, May 18, 1921, and reburied, with military honors, in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., May 28, 1921, Lot 305, Sec. R. The bearers were members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Delegations from Rochester Council Number 178, Knights of Columbus, attended the service. Lieutenant McCarty’s brother, William Henry McCarty, served as a First Lieutenant in the 374th Infantry.

Top left article from the Democrat and Chronicle on 10/20/1918. Top right article from the Democrat and Chronicle on 1211/1918.  Middle right article from the Democrat and Chronicle on 5/27/1921, and Bottom article from the Democrat and Chronicle on 5/29/1921.

From “World War Service Records Rochester and Monroe County, NY” The Du Bois Press, Rochester, NY – published by the City of Rochester, 1924

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