GSHR_Theophilus Parvin CAPLINGER
Theophilus Parvin CAPLINGER -- Major - son of Dr. CA & Nannie Caplinger, b. Sept 15, 1880 Montgomery Co IN Moved to Ft Co 1900. Educ. in Wabash College & Purdue. Englisted US Med. Corps Aug 15, 1917 Covington. Commissioned 1st Lt Ft. Riley, kan. Transferred to Camp Logan, Tex. Promoted to Major. Died of appendicitist Jan 7, 1919 buried Masonic Cem, C'ville. Survived by Widow, Lena and two daughters, Mary Virginia and Katherine M. Wallace, Ind.
OBITUARY of: Major Parvin Caplinger
Crawfordsville Daily Journal
Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana
Friday, January 3, 1918
MAJOR CAPLINGER DEAD AT CAMP LOGAN HOUSTON, TEXAS
His Ability Had Won Him Rapid Promotion Career Cut Short by Appendicitis Attack
Major Parvin Caplinger of the medical department of the United States Army, stationed at Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, died at the base hospital at 4:30 Wednesday morning, according to a telegram received by his father who arrived at camp the day previous to his death. Peritonitis following an operation for appendicitis and complications was the cause of his death. Major Caplinger resided at Wallace, Fountain county and when the war was declared, enlisted in the medical corps and was sent to Fort Riley, Kansas, where he won a commission as lieutenant and was transferred to Camp Logan. His advancement was rapid, he receiving a commission as Captain and then as Major in quick secession. As a physician, Dr. Caplinger has always been rated very highly by the older doctors in this part of the state and his advancement in the medical corps was considered as merely a tribute to his ability. He had an exceedingly wide acquaintance in this part of the state and especially in Crawfordsville, where his father was born and reared. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, one six and the other eight years old. The wife is prostrate over the loss of her husband.
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