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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Childress
(first name): George
(middle name): Dewey
Date of birth
(month): June
(day): 20
(year): 1898
Place of Birth
(town): Matoaca
(county): Chesterfield
(state): Virginia
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Name of father: George E. Childress
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Maiden name of mother: Mary J. Wilkerson
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Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): No
Church (denomination): Methodist
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(Preparatory): G. School
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(town): Matoaca
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): 30 November 17
at (place): Petersburg, Virginia
as a (rank): Private
in the: Infantry
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Assigned originally to
(company): G
(regiment): 116
(division): 29
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School, camp, station, ship: Camp McClellan, Alabama
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Promoted:-
From (rank): Private
to (rank): Corporal
Date: 8 December 18
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken, New Jersey
on (ship): Finland
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and arrived at (foreign port): St. Nazaire, France
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Country: France
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place):
(date): July 25, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Defense of Center Sector; Haute Marne; Meuse Argonne Offensive
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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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability):
Arrived at (American port): Newport News, Virginia
on (ship): Matsonia
Date: 20 May 18
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee, Virginia
(date): 28 May, 18
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RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war:
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?: Ok
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United State upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Ok
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: Ok
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: Ok
If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience?: Ok
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?: Ok
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): Camp Lee, Virginia
on (date): 28 May 1918
year:
(full name): George D. Childress
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The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
