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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Johnson
(first name): Charles
(middle name): Irvin
Date of birth
(month): May
(day): 3rd
(year): 1896
Place of Birth
(town):
(county): Culpeper Co.
(state): Virginia
(country): U.S.A.
Name of father: Robert Lee Johnson
Birthplace (country): Rappahannock Co. Va.
Maiden name of mother: Ada Virginia Johnson
Birthplace (country): Rappahannock Co. Va.
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): No
Church (denomination): Babtist
Married: no
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Fraternal Orders: none
College Fraternities: none
Previous military service or training: none
Education
(Preparatory): 8th Grade
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Occupation before entry into service: street car conductor
employer: Capitol tractor co.
Residence before entry into the service
(street number): 803 7 St. SW
(town): Wash. DC.
(county):
Present home address
(street number): 911 - 6 st. s.w.
(town): Washington D.C.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Inducted June 18 1918
at (place): Culpeper Va
as a (rank): private
in the: Infantry
section of the : National Army
Identification number: 3633173
Assigned originally to
(company): B
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at (place): Camp Lee Va.
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Company: Co. B
Regiment: 304
Division: [illegible]
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Embarked from (port): Norfolk, Va.
on (ship): Madawaska
(date): sept 6 - 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): Brest France
(date): sept 21 - 1918
Proceeded from : Brest
to: [Chatonnay?]
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to: Verneuil
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to: st agnon
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WAR RECORD
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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):
Arrived at (American port): Hoboken, N.J.
on (ship): U.S. Von steuben
Date: June 30, 1919
(from): Brest, Fr.
Discharged from service at (place): Long Island, N.Y.
(date): July 9, 1919
as a (rank):
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: street car Conductor
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?:
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?:
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?:
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): 911 6 st SW. Wash DC
on (date): sept 29
year: 1920
(full name): Charles Irvin Johnson
(rank): private
(branch of service): Infantry
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
