Incident
Private Will Alsobrook was a Loyalty Ranger from June 1918 until February 1919. Loyalty rangers served as volunteers to seek out disloyal citizens during WW I. In June 1919 he was appointed as a Regular Rangers. On December 8, 1919, Private Alsobrook was traveling by train in South Texas when he was accidentally shot and wounded near the tiny hamlet of Crestonia in Duval County. He was taken by a special train the Laredo where he died in the hospital the next day.
Private Alsobrook was buried in the Clarksville Cemetery in Red River County in northeast Texas. He was 38 years old and single at the time of his death.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Private Alsobrook served with the Texas Rangers.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Private Alsobrook.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
The Sacrifice · Accident
Texas Rangers has lost 122 officers; 11 of them lost to accidents.
William is one of 657 officers lost to accidents in TX, 27.1% of the 2,422 remembered there.
William is one of 8,275 officers lost to accidents in the United States, 30% of the 27,551 remembered there.
William is one of 10,100 officers lost to accidents worldwide, 29.6% of the 34,117 remembered here.
34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.
Time
In 1919, 1 officer at Texas Rangers was lost to accidents, the 2nd heaviest of 10 years on record. The heaviest was 1933, with 2.
In 1919, 6 officers in TX were lost to accidents, the 40th heaviest of 136 years on record. The heaviest was 1994, with 14.
In 1919, 51 officers in the United States were lost to accidents, the 94th heaviest of 174 years on record. The heaviest was 1929, with 118.
In 1919, 55 officers worldwide were lost to accidents, the 96th heaviest of 200 years on record. The heaviest was 1930, with 131.
Who
William was 38. Of the 10 lost to accidents at Texas Rangers whose age is recorded, half were between 27.3 and 45.3; the middle age was 37. William had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 0.3 years.
William was 38. Of the 626 lost to accidents in TX whose age is recorded, half were between 28 and 46; the middle age was 36. William had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 5 years.
William was 38. Of the 7,718 lost to accidents in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 46; the middle age was 36. William had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
William was 38. Of the 9,451 lost to accidents worldwide whose age is recorded, half were between 29 and 45; the middle age was 36. William had served 0.4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.
When
December holds 9.1% of these deaths at Texas Rangers; September holds the most, 36.4%. Tuesdays: 54.5%.
December holds 11.7% of these deaths in TX, more than any other month. Tuesdays: 13.5%.
December holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; August holds the most, 9.5%. Tuesdays: 14.1%.
December holds 8.9% of these deaths worldwide; August holds the most, 9.3%. Tuesdays: 14%.
How
Accident deaths account for 9% of all 122 deaths at Texas Rangers, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 27.1% of all 2,422 deaths in TX, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 30% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 2nd most common cause.
Accident deaths account for 29.6% of all 34,117 deaths worldwide, the 2nd most common cause.
His people
Texas Rangers has at least 120 officers remembered here, William among them.
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David Clark Jan 7, 1837
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James Coryell May 27, 1837
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Alfred H. Miles Nov 10, 1837
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Jesse Blair Nov 10, 1837
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Alexander Bostwick Nov 10, 1837
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James Christian Nov 10, 1837
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Joseph Cooper Nov 10, 1837
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James Joslen Nov 10, 1837
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Westley Nicholson Nov 10, 1837
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William Nicholson Nov 10, 1837
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William Sanders Nov 10, 1837
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Lewis F. Scheuster Nov 10, 1837
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Julius Bullock Oct 12, 1838
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John W. Carpenter Oct 12, 1838
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Thomas M. Scott Oct 12, 1838
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John Wilson Oct 12, 1838
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James Hall Dec 17, 1838
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Jacob Shipman Burleson Feb 25, 1839
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Edward Blakey Feb 25, 1839
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John B. Walters Feb 25, 1839
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James Gilleland Mar 7, 1839
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John Bird May 26, 1839
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William H. Weaver May 26, 1839
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Jesse E. Nash May 26, 1839
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Thomas Gay May 26, 1839
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H. M. C. Hall May 27, 1839
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John B. Denton May 24, 1841
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Abram Trigg Smith Aug 5, 1841
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George W. Heard Aug 22, 1841
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Wade Hampton Rattan Dec 25, 1841
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Peter Fohr Jun 8, 1844
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Richard S. Gilbert Dec 18, 1847
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Littleton P. Rattan Dec 18, 1847
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Thomas Couzens Jan 11, 1848
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John Wesley Dier Nov 12, 1848
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John A. Reed Jan 1, 1850
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Charles Grandison Bryant Jan 12, 1850
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William Gillespie May 29, 1850
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John Lemon Wilbarger Aug 20, 1850
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Daniel C. Sullivan Aug 20, 1850
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Samuel Baker Barton Jan 27, 1851
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William Lackey Feb 3, 1851
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Henry J. Willis Sep 15, 1851
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William H. Clopton Oct 3, 1855
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Willis E. Jones Oct 3, 1855
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H. K. Holland Oct 3, 1855
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Augustus Smith Oct 3, 1855
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William Earbee May 5, 1858
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Robert Nickles May 12, 1858
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Waco Indian May 12, 1858
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Jonathon Thompson Feb 27, 1859
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John Fox Nov 16, 1859
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Thomas Grier Nov 16, 1859
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William McKay Nov 16, 1859
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Nicholas R. Milett Nov 16, 1859
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David Herman Dec 14, 1859
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Fountain B. Woodruff Feb 4, 1860
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Andrew J. McCarty Jun 23, 1861
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Sidney Green Davidson Jun 23, 1861
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Harrison R. Connely Jul 29, 1861
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Jerome Culver Lynn Jul 29, 1861
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Thomas C. Weatherby Jul 29, 1861
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Alvin A. Clark Jun 29, 1866
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Lorenzo Biediger Dec 6, 1870
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Walter Richarz Dec 6, 1870
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Joseph R. Riff Dec 6, 1870
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Albert M. Swift Dec 27, 1870
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John Frank Green
Jul 9, 1873
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David W. H. Bailey Jul 12, 1874
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William A. Glass
Jul 12, 1874
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W. H. Cliff Sep 23, 1874
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L. B. Smith Jun 12, 1875
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C. E. Mortimer Dec 13, 1877
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John E. McBride Dec 17, 1877
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Timothy J. McCarty Jan 2, 1878
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A. A. Ruzin Aug 10, 1878
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Melvin E. Beauman Sep 10, 1878
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William B. Anglin Jun 29, 1879
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George R. Bingham Jul 3, 1880
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Benjamin Goodin Warren Feb 10, 1885
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J. G. Wood May 13, 1885
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Frank Sieker May 31, 1885
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William M. Bohanon Jul 2, 1885
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Thomas P. Nigh Aug 18, 1885
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James H. Moore Mar 31, 1887
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John F. Gravis Aug 4, 1890
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Robert E. Doaty Mar 22, 1892
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Frank Louis Schmid, Jr.
Jun 17, 1893
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Frank Jones
Jun 30, 1893
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J. W. Woods Nov 30, 1893
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Joseph W. McKidrict Apr 5, 1894
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Walter Lee Hooker Aug 28, 1894
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Oscar J. Breaux Aug 29, 1898
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Ernest St. Leon
Aug 31, 1898
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T. L. Fuller Oct 15, 1900
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W. Emmett Robuck
Sep 9, 1902
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Thomas Jefferson Goff
Sep 14, 1905
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Homer White
Feb 4, 1908
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N. P. Thomas Jan 5, 1909
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Quirl Bailey Carnes
Jul 31, 1910
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Grover Scott Russell Jun 23, 1913
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Eugene B. Hulen
May 24, 1915
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Robert Lee Burdett
Jun 7, 1915
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Henry Lee Ransom Apr 1, 1918
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Will P. Stillwell
Apr 3, 1918
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Thomas Carlyle Hyde Apr 30, 1918
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John Dudley White, Sr.
Jul 12, 1918
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Joe R. Shaw Aug 21, 1918
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Leonard Tillman Sadler Sep 16, 1918
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Ben L. Pennington
Oct 11, 1918
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Delbert Timberlake Oct 11, 1918
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Robert Ernest Hunt
Oct 15, 1918
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T. E. P. Perkins
Nov 7, 1918
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John August Moran Dec 12, 1918
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William M. Alsobrook Dec 9, 1919
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Joseph Benjamin Buchanan Dec 26, 1921
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S. F. Sherman Nov 7, 1922
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James Aaron Watson
Feb 21, 1924
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Timothy Samuel Willard Apr 19, 1928
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Dan Lafayette McDuffie
Jul 7, 1931
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