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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Moseley
(first name): Thomas
(middle name): Guthrie
Date of birth
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(year): 1895
Place of Birth
(town): Tip Top
(county): Tazewell
(state): Virginia
(country): USA
Name of father: Richard Edmonds Moseley
Birthplace (country): Charlotte Co., VA, USA
Maiden name of mother: Elizabeth Henry Guthrie
Birthplace (country): Charlotte C.H., VA, USA
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: white
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): Presbyterian
Married: Yes, Aug. 20
year: 1924
at: Danville, VA
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(Preparatory): High school
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Occupation before entry into service: farming
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(town): Snow Hill, N.C.
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Present home address
(street number): Caroline Flint Co.
(town): Charlotte
(county): NC
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Dec. 15, 1917
at (place): Camp Sevier, SC
as a (rank): private
in the: 113th
section of the : F.A.
Identification number: [1323374] [on first page]
Assigned originally to
(company): 113th
(regiment): F.A.
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School, camp, station, ship: Camp Sevier
From (date): Dec. 15, 1917
to (date): May 25, 1918
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Company: Hdq. Co. 113th
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Embarked from (port): New York City
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): Defense of Toul
(date): Aug. 27-Sept. 11, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Toul, Aug. 27-Sept 11, 1918; St. Mihiel Offensive, Sept. 12-14, 1918; Neuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept. 26-(ct. 8, 1918; Woevre Defensive Oct. 11-Nov. 7, 1918; Weevre Offensive, Nov. 8-Nov. 11, 1918
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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Date: March 19, 1918
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Jackson, S.C.
(date): March 29, 1919
as a (rank): Private, 1st Class.
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Manager, Caroline Flint Company, Inc., Charlotte, NC
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?:
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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): Charlotte, NC
on (date): Nov. 7,
year: 1985
(full name): Thomas Guthrie Moseley
(rank): Private, 1st Class
(branch of service): F.A.
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources:: (No 1323374) From original discharge papers. [initials on the page look like JTG]
