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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Sprinkle
(first name): Charlie
(middle name): Ray
Date of birth
(month): Aug
(day): 5
(year): 1895
Place of Birth
(town): Fairview
(county): Scott
(state): Va
(country): Scott
Name of father: Wessley C Sprinkle
Birthplace (country): Lee Co
Maiden name of mother: Liney E Gillam
Birthplace (country): Lee Co
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): No
Church (denomination): Methodist
Married: no
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Fraternal Orders: no
College Fraternities: no
Previous military service or training: none
Education
(Preparatory): none
(College): none
Education
(University): none
(Degrees): none
Occupation before entry into service: Electrictism
employer: Stoneya Cole V Coke Co
Residence before entry into the service
(street number):
(town): Fairview
(county): Scott
Present home address
(street number):
(town): Fairview
(county): Scott
(state): Va
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): 27 June 1917
at (place): Big Stone Gap, VA
as a (rank): Private
in the: Inft
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Assigned originally to
(company): H
(regiment): 2nd Va Inft
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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Camp McClellan, Ala
From (date): 7 Sept 1917
to (date): 12 June 1918
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Transferred to:-
Company: 19
Regiment: 116th
Division: 29th
Ship:
Date: 4 oct 1917
New Location: Camp McClellan
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Promoted:-
From (rank): Private
to (rank): Private 1 Class
Date: March 1919
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken, NJ
on (ship): USS Finland
(date): 15 June 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): St. Nazaire France
(date): 27 June 1918
Proceeded from : St. Nazaire
to: Champlitte
(date): 5 July 1918
From: Champlitte
to: Haule Alsace Sect
(date): July 20 1918
From: Haute Alsace Sector
to: Verdun
(date): 7 Oct 1918
Trained or stationed abroad:-
Country: France
Place: Champlitte
From (date): 5 July 1918
to (date): 20 July 1918
Country: France
Place: Haute Alsace Sec
From (date): 20 July
to (date): 26 Sept 1918
Country: France
Place: Verdun Sec
From (date): 7 Oct 1918
to (date): 1 Nov 1918
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): Haute Alsace Sector
(date): 23 July
Participated in the following engagements: Defense Center Sector Haute Alsace, Battle Malbrook Hill, Marlville Farm Attack on Bois D Armont Grand Martogare Capture, Etrays Ridge Artose on Bois Bellean
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): :
Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner:
Nature of casualty: Gassed
(place): Verdun
(date): 15 Oct 1918
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Under medical care:-
Name of hospital: Mewes
Location: France
From (date): 18 Oct
to (date): 15 Nov 1918
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability): No
Arrived at (American port): Newport News
on (ship): USS Matsonia
Date: 20 May 1919
(from): St. Narzare
Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee, VA
(date):
as a (rank): Private 1 Cl
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?: 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?: None
If you took part in the fighting, what impressions were made upon you by this experience?: None
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?: None
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): 26 May
year: 1919
(full name): Charlie Ray Sprinkle
(rank): Pvt 1 CL
(branch of service): Inft
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
