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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Geddy
(first name): Vernon
(middle name): Meredith
Date of birth
(month): November
(day): 11
(year): 1897
Place of Birth
(town): Williamsburg
(county): James City
(state): Virginia
(country): USA
Name of father: Thomas Henley Geddy
Birthplace (country): USA
Maiden name of mother: Martha Virginia Piggott
Birthplace (country): USA
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): Episcopal
Married: no
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College Fraternities: Kappa Sigma
Previous military service or training:
Education
(Preparatory): Wm and Mary Acad
(College): William and Mary
Education
(University): Uni Chicago; Uni. of Va.
(Degrees): A.B.
Occupation before entry into service: Teacher and Athletic Director
employer: Woodberry Forest School; College of Wm & Mary
Residence before entry into the service
(street number):
(town): Williamsburg
(county): James City, Va.
Present home address
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(town): Williamsburn
(county): James City
(state): Va.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): enlisted June 15, 1918
at (place): Fort Monroe, Va.
as a (rank): Private
in the: Artillery
section of the : Regular Army
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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Fort Monroe, Va
From (date): June 15, 1918
to (date): Nov. 22, 1918
School, camp, station, ship: Officers Training Camp, Fort Monroe
From (date): Aug. 30
to (date): Nov 22, 1918
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WAR RECORD
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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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RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Attorney at Law
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?: Beneficial
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Bettered me, both mentally and physically
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?:
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: Strengthened it.
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): Williamsburg, Va
on (date): June 29
year: 1920
(full name): Vernon Meredith Geddy
(rank): 2nd Lieut.
(branch of service): C.A.O.R.C.
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources:: VMGeddy
