bryant

Captain George E. Bryant, commander of the machine gun company of the 106th Infantry Regiment was killed by a German shell, s. The evening world., October 21, 1918, Latest Extra Edition, Image 3, col. 4 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1918-10-21/ed-...

He was killed in the afternoon of September 27th, s. <a dmna.ny.gov/historic/reghist/wwi/infantry/27thInfDiv/Stor...

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Thanks, All, we will add info to the record.

Looks like this is Richard L. Metcalfe, of Nebraska, who turns up in a bunch of NYTimes articles for his political and journalistic activity and his role as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone. Associate of William Jennings Bryant. Here is entry and photo in Wikipedia, looks like the same man. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lee_Metcalfe

Harry Angstrom: Looks like your are right about the name and identity of this man. Thanks for your information. We will add it to the source data and reload the description.

Pilot Arthur V. Rogers standing in front of the Bryant Monoplane "Angel of Los Angeles" (reg. X705). The aircraft was constructed on behalf of famed architect Leland A. Bryant for entry in the Dole Air Race, which featured a $35,000 prize for the first non-stop flight from Oakland, California to Honolulu, Hawaii. On August 11 12, 1927, Bryant Rodgers would take "Angel of Los Angeles" up for a test flight from Western Air Field in Montebello, CA. Approximately two-miles from air field the aircraft reportedly nose-dived toward the ground. Witnesses reported Bryant Rogers (CORRECTED - see Stig Jarlevik's information below) jumping from the aircraft as it dove, but he was killed when his parachute failed to open.

The date seems to have been Aug 12th at least according to the newspapers, and not the 11th and it was of course the pilot Rogers who was killed. Stig