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Last Name: Spradley

First Name: Earl

Middle Name: Melville

Army Serial Number: 1,979,077

Race: Caucasian

Branch: Army or Marines

Town or City of Residence: Tennyson

County of Residence: Warrick

Place of Birth: Selvin, Indiana

Date of Birth:

Age: 30 11/12

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Mr. Spradley was inducted with the first major group of National Army draftees following national registration for the draft in June 1917. He was assigned to the 84th Division at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, and ultimately served as the mess sergeant for Company A, 335th Infantry Regiment. He deployed with the division overseas, sailing from Quebec, Canada, aboard the Cunard liner RMS Saxonia on 4 September 1918. The 84th Division saw no combat, being employed as a training unit for other units until the Armistice. It was not needed for the occupation force, so was returned to the US from Brest. Mr. Spradley returned to the US aboard the former Matson Lines ship USS Wilhelmina, which had been converted from cargo to troopship functions in 1917.