Roll of Honor

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George Weeks Polhemus

  • School: Columbia College
  • Class Year: 1912
  • War: World War I
  • Date of Death: September 3, 1919

Captain George Weeks Polhemus died of brain hemorrhage and cardiac failure at Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., on September 3, 1919. He had had a six-year career in the infantry beginning on November 30, 1912, when he was commissioned second lieutenant.

George Weeks Polhemus

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