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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Gwathney
(first name): Philbert
(middle name):
Date of birth
(month): April
(day): 3
(year): 1893
Place of Birth
(town): Smithfield
(county): Isle of Wight
(state): VA
(country): U.S.A.
Name of father: Frank Randolph Gwathney
Birthplace (country): U.S.A.
Maiden name of mother: CarolineScott
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): Methodist
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Fraternal Orders: none
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Occupation before entry into service: Farmer
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(town): Smithfield
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(town): Smithfield
(county): Va.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): July 4
at (place): Suffolk, Va.
as a (rank): Pvt.
in the: Infantry
section of the : National Guard
Identification number: 128810??
Assigned originally to
(company): F 4th Va.
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at (place): Suffolk, Va.
Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: McClellan
From (date): Aug. 14, 1917
to (date): June 11, 1918
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to (rank): Pvt. 1st Cl.
Date: July 13, 1918
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to (rank): Cpl.
Date: Aug. 26, 1918
Embarked from (port): Hoboken, NJ
on (ship):
(date): June 15, 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): Finland
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to: St. Nazare
(date): June 28, 1918
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place):
(date): July 27, 1918
Participated in the following engagements:
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): May Tho
on (ship): Matsoni
Date: 1914
(from): St. Nazare
Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee
(date): May 24, 1914
as a (rank): Sgt.
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: none
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?: none
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: none
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: none
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: [illegible]
If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience?: War is Hell
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?: [illegible]
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 Va.
on (date): May 24, 1919
year:
(full name): Philbert Gwathney
(rank): Sgt.
(branch of service): Inf.
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
