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Walter Penson Garrison

19 Mar 1894 – 10 Dec 1917

Birth	19 Mar 1894
Death	10 Dec 1917
Cemetery	Boone-Hamlin Cemetery Youngsport , Bell County , Texas , USA
Added by	Dylan Leach on 15 Dec 2024
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13104992

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AMERICAN LEGION MARKER.

Bio

Walter died in 1917 when his right lung suffered lobar-pneumonia empyema. He mostly likely contracted it from disease and poor medicines from when he was serving. Lobar-pneumonia empyema is when the lung becomes infected and causes a build up of pus in the plural space, which is a cavity in between the lung and chest wall. It only becomes empyema when the lung fails to respond to medication in a straightforward way. One of the only treatments is by having the pus and fluids drained with a needle. There is a rare chance that it can be coughed out and the person survives. The exact time was 4:35 AM and happened at the base hospital at camp Bowie outside Fort Worth. Another possible factor is that it was spread from the thousands of soldiers training at the same time.

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Family

Parents

• George Penston Garrison 1867–1916
• Hannah Ann "Annie" Jackson Garrison 1871–1959

Siblings

• Robert Louis Garrison 1892–1974
• Verdie Mae Garrison Schleede 1896–1975
• Claude Earl Garrison 1900–1985
• Eva Lena "Evalena" Garrison Owens 1902–1979
• Myrtle Vena "Vennie" Garrison Parmer Sikes 1905–1994
• Wesley "Wes" Garrison 1907–1947
• Frances Etta "Fannie" Garrison Parmer 1910–2004

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