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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Jackson
(first name): Henry
(middle name): Wirt
Date of birth
(month): March
(day): 6th
(year): 1886
Place of Birth
(town): Keswick
(county): Albemarle
(state): Virginia
(country): U.S.A.
Name of father: Henry Wirt Jackson
Birthplace (country): Va USA
Maiden name of mother: Ellen Randolph Goodman
Birthplace (country): VA 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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Fraternal Orders:
College Fraternities: Nu Sigma Nu
Previous military service or training: None
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Occupation before entry into service: Physician
employer:
Residence before entry into the service
(street number): 624 W 141 St
(town): N.Y. City
(county): N.Y.
Present home address
(street number): 777 Madison Ave.
(town): New York
(county): N.Y.
(state): N.Y.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): April 1917
at (place): New York City
as a (rank): 1st Lieut
in the: Medical Corps
section of the : National Army
Identification number:
Assigned originally to
(company): Co. #1 M.O.T.C.
(regiment): Fort Benjamin Harrison {?}
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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: M.O.T.C. Ft. Benj Harrison
From (date): June 2 1917
to (date): Aug 28, 1917
School, camp, station, ship: Camp Dix N.J.
From (date): Aug 28, 1917
to (date): " 1918
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Promoted:-
From (rank): 1st Lieut.
to (rank): Capt
Date: Jan. 1918
From (rank): Capt.
to (rank): Major
Date: Feb. 1919
Embarked from (port): New York
on (ship): S.S. Anchisis
(date): Sept. 1st 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): Liverpool
(date): Sept. 13th 1918
Proceeded from : Liverpool Eng
to: South Hampton Eng
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From: South Hampton Eng
to: Havre, France
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From: Havre, France
to: Toul, France
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Trained or stationed abroad:-
Country: France
Place: Toul
From (date): Sept. 1918
to (date): May 1918
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WAR RECORD
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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): :
Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner:
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Under medical care:-
Name of hospital: Base Hospt.
Location: Camp Dix, NJ (Pneumonia)
From (date): Feb. 1918
to (date):
Name of hospital: Base Hospt. 78
Location: Toul France (Influenza)
From (date): Dec. 1918
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability):
Arrived at (American port): New York
on (ship): Imperator
Date: May 22, 1919
(from): Brest France
Discharged from service at (place): Camp Dix, NJ
(date): May 24, 1919
as a (rank): Major
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Physician
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?: I enjoyed my military experience in the Army and was only too glad to serve my country.
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?: Broadening & educational which I wouldn't take anything in the world for.
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?: A clearer insight into human nature and a better understanding of international relations.
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): New York City
on (date): June 27
year: 1920
(full name): Henry Wirt Jackson
(rank): Major
(branch of service): Medical Corps.
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
