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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Crabtree
(first name): Alfred
(middle name): Charles
Date of birth
(month): November
(day): 12th
(year): 1895
Place of Birth
(town): Ceres
(county): Bland
(state): Va
(country): United States
Name of father: Charles A. Crabtree
Birthplace (country): United States
Maiden name of mother: Susan Foglesong
Birthplace (country): United States
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): Lutheran
Married: no
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Fraternal Orders: Odd Fellows
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Previous military service or training: Four months
Education
(Preparatory): High School
(College): Two years
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Occupation before entry into service: Farming
employer: Father
Residence before entry into the service
(street number):
(town): Ceres
(county): Bland
Present home address
(street number):
(town): Ceres
(county): Bland
(state): Va
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): June 23, 1918
at (place): Bland Va
as a (rank): Private
in the: Infantry
section of the : National Army
Identification number: 3625078
Assigned originally to
(company): E
(regiment): 163rd
(division): 41st
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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Camp Lee Va
From (date): July 4 1918
to (date): Sept. 1{5}, 1918
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Regiment: 163rd
Division: 41st
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Embarked from (port): Norfolk
on (ship): Koningdernederlanden
(date): September 15th
and arrived at (foreign port): Brest
(date): September 28th
Proceeded from : Pont Sevoy
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Country: France
Place: Bourre
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WAR RECORD
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Cited, decorated, or otherwise honored for distinguished services (give circumstantial accounts of exploits, including dates and places where performed, also by whom and in what manner the honors were bestowed): :
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Under medical care:-
Name of hospital: Montraichard
Location: France
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability):
Arrived at (American port): Hoboken
on (ship): Regina
Date: Feb 12, 1919
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Dix
(date): March 1, 1919
as a (rank): Private
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Farming
If a change of occupation was occasioned by reason of disability acquired in the service, describe the process of re-education and readjustment, and indicate the agencies or individuals chiefly instrumental in furnishing the new occupations::
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular?: Believed in Military Service and was anxious to be called.
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: It helped me both mental and physical
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: Broadened my intellectual powers, made me appreciate U.S.A.
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: A stronger belief in God.
If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience?:
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?:
Photographs-- If possible enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated.
Additional data:
Signed at (place): Ceres Va
on (date): 26th of Sept
year: 1921
(full name): Charles Alfred Crabtree
(rank):
(branch of service): Infantry
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
