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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Hatcher
(first name): Fred
(middle name):
Date of birth
(month): -
(day): -
(year): 1886
Place of Birth
(town):
(county): Cumberland
(state): VA
(country): USA
Name of father: Jordan Hatcher
Birthplace (country): USA
Maiden name of mother: Mary Mack
Birthplace (country): USA
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: Colored
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): No
Church (denomination): Baptist
Married: No
year: 1
at: divorced
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Previous military service or training: none
Education
(Preparatory): com school
(College):
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Occupation before entry into service: Lumber mill
employer: T D Baldwin
Residence before entry into the service
(street number):
(town): Cumberland
(county): Cumberland
Present home address
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(town): Cumberland
(county):
(state): VA
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Oct 27 - 1917
at (place): Camp Lee, VA
as a (rank): Private
in the: Infantry
section of the : Nat Army
Identification number:
Assigned originally to
(company): 41st
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at (place): Camp Lee, VA
Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Camp Lee, VA
From (date): Oct 27, 1918
to (date): August 25, 1918
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Date: 3 months
New Location: Camp Alexandria
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Embarked from (port): Newport News, VA
on (ship): Mercury
(date): Oct 13, 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): Brest, France
(date): Oct 27, 1918
Proceeded from : Brest, France
to: Marcelle, France
(date): Nov 3, 1917
From: Marcelle, France
to: Bordeaux, France
(date): Jan, 1918
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): worked eng - for loading crane
(date):
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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): :
Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner:
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability):
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee, VA
(date): July 14, 1919
as a (rank): Private
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Lumber Mill
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:: None
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular?: First Rate
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Good
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: Good
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?:
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?: Good
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): (Illegible), VA
on (date): July 17
year: 1919
(full name): Fred Hatcher
(rank): Private
(branch of service): Eng - Loading Crane
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources:: Fred Hatcher
