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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Dunn
(first name): Everett
(middle name): Vance
Date of birth
(month): March
(day): 13
(year): 1896
Place of Birth
(town): Bland
(county): Bland
(state): Va
(country): U.S.A.
Name of father: W.G. Dunn
Birthplace (country): U.S.A.
Maiden name of mother: Sarah Edwards
Birthplace (country): U.S.A.
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination):
Married: yes
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at: Welch W. Va
To (maiden name): Nora Hytton
Born: Jan 7
year: 1892
at: Maybury W.Va
Children
(name): Dewey Dunn
Born: May 27
year: 1918
at: Welch W.Va
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Occupation before entry into service: Lineman
employer: Appalachian Power Co
Residence before entry into the service
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(town): Welch
(county): McDowell
Present home address
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(town): Bastian
(county): Bland
(state): Va
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Aug 2, 1918
at (place): Bland Va
as a (rank): Private
in the: Infantry
section of the : Regular Army
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WAR RECORD
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee
(date): Aug 7-1918
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RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Lineman
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?:
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?:
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What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?:
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): Bastian Va
on (date): Oct 20
year: 1921
(full name): Everett Vance Dunn
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The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::