Veterans' Memorial Project

Curtis Elmer Kelso

Thomasboro, IL

World War I

College: Liberal Arts & Sciences

Graduation Year: 1905, 1911/M.D./Chicago

Rank: Doctor/First Lieutenant

Date of Birth: 02/24/1881

Date of Death: 01/08/1920

Affiliations: Alpha Kappa Kappa

Dr. Kelso died at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia, from ptomaine poisoning. He had been at Fr. Oglethorpe, general hospital 14, for several months in charge of the medical department of the recruiting work for seven southern states. Earlier in the war he had been made first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps, stationed at Camp Forest, Chickamauga Park.

– taken from Alumni Quarterly & Fortnightly Notes, April 15, 1920

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