Colonel Raynal C. Bolling

This grove is dedicated

to the memory of

Col. Raynal C. Bolling S.C. U.S.A.

Lawyer Patriot Soldier

Born 1 Sept. 1877 at Hot Springs Arkansas

Killed in action during the German offensive

near Amiens France 26 March 1918

The first American officer of high rank

to fall in ...

Raynal C. Bolling

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Bolling

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Raynal C. Bolling

Born September 1, 1877

Foresaw His Nation's Call to Arms

And Left a Brilliant Career

To Prepare Himself for Service

In the World War

Colonel of Aviation

American Expeditionary Forces

He Laid the Foundation

For Our Aerial Warfare in France

He Fell In ...

In Memory of Col. Raynal C. Bolling

[Panel No. 1]:

"Whatever happens to me will be the result of action, not inaction or drift."

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