W.W.E. Gladden(1865-1922)

W.W.E. Gladden was a minister in the Baptist Church, as well as having served as Chaplain, with the rank of Captain, U.S. Army for the 24th United States Infantry Regiment from 1906 until retired in 1917. Born in South Carolina, he moved to Kansas as a young boy and worked in a flour mill before receiving the call to preach. He serviced the St. John's Baptist Church in Colorado Springs until he joined the Army in 1906. Captain Gladden served the 24th Infantry in the Philippines until 1915, when the 24th was deployed to Mexico as part of the American Expeditionary Force under General John J. Pershing in the attempt to capture Pancho Villa. Injuries sustained during this time led to Rev. Gladden's retirement in 1917. He lived in Los Angeles.