Background
CATCHELL, Oscar James was born on December 27, 1888 in Fort Adams, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George W. and Eva Wade (Carpenter) Gatchell.
CATCHELL, Oscar James was born on December 27, 1888 in Fort Adams, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George W. and Eva Wade (Carpenter) Gatchell.
Public Grammar and High School. Junction City High School. Leland Stanford Junior.
University, 1 year; United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1912.
I. Second Lieutenant, C.A.C., 1912. First Lieutenant C. A.C., 1916. Detailed in Ordnance Department, 1916.
Captain, C.A.C., 1917. Temporary Major, 1918. Temporary Lieutenant Colonel, 1918.
Transferred permanently to Ord. Department, 1920; Major, 1920.
Member: Army Ordnance Association. Kappa Sigma; Lafayette Lodge No. 19, F.A.A.M.; Washington Chapter No.
2, Royal Arch Mason Club: Army, Navy and Marine Corps Country.
Spouse Elizabeth Victoria Burgess, Pawtucket, R.