1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospection Expedition Route
James Edwards, a member of the 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition, was killed a year later on July 12, 1875 during the Fort Pease Expedition. (Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Gold and Guns: The 1874 Yellowstone Wagon Road and Prospecting Expedition and the Battle of Lodge Grass Creek)
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Private John H. Meier, Company M, 7th Cavalry died on July 12, 1917 at Washougal, Washington. (Custer’s Best: The Story of Company M, 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn)
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Wolfram von Richthofen, Commander Fliegerkorps VIII
Dr. Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Luftwaffe Field Marshal, born October 10, 1895 in Gut Barzdorf (Silesia), commander of the VIIIth Flying Corps, commander of the 4th and 2nd Air Fleets, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, died on July 12, 1945 in Bad Ischl, Austria in U.S. captivity, said of Stalingrad: “It is an actual fact that the efforts to liquidate strong points in Stalingrad were nothing but combat patrol operations on a somewhat larger scale.” (2,000 Quotes From Hitler’s 1,000-Year Reich)