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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Jordan
(first name): Henry
(middle name): Carrington
Date of birth
(month): July
(day): 7
(year): 1896
Place of Birth
(town): Houston
(county): Halifax
(state): Va
(country): U.S.
Name of father: Hamet Jordan
Birthplace (country): U.S.
Maiden name of mother: Frances Y. Riely
Birthplace (country): U.S.
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: B.P.O.E
College Fraternities: None
Previous military service or training: at Va. Poly. Institute
Education
(Preparatory): [illegible] University School Richmond Va
(College): Va. Poly. Institute
Education
(University):
(Degrees): B.S.
Occupation before entry into service: Student
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Residence before entry into the service
(street number): 1524 Park Ave
(town): Richmond, Va
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Present home address
(street number): 1524 Park Ave
(town): Richmond, Va.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Aug 20, 1917
at (place): Richmond, Va
as a (rank): Pvt
in the: field artillery
section of the : [illegible] National Guard
Identification number: none
Assigned originally to
(company): 111th
(regiment): F.A. battery F
(division): 29th
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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Camp McClellan, Anniston, Ala.
From (date): Sept. 1917
to (date): Nov. 1917
School, camp, station, ship: Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
From (date): Nov. 1917
to (date): Feb. 1918
School, camp, station, ship: Camp Greene, N.C.
From (date): Feb. 1918
to (date): May 1918
Transferred to:-
Company: H
Regiment: 59th Inf.
Division: 4th
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Date: Nov. 1917
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Promoted:-
From (rank): Pvt to Cpl. to Sgt. to 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt.
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Date: 1917
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken
on (ship):
(date): May 5, 1919
and arrived at (foreign port): Southhampton, Eng.
(date): May 11, 1918
Proceeded from : Southhampton, Eng.
to: Dover, Eng.
(date): May 13, 1918
From: Dover, Eng.
to: Calais, France
(date): May 14, 1918
From: Calais, France
to: Battle fronts
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Trained or stationed abroad:-
Country: France
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to (date): Jan. 11, 1919
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): Marne Sabient, France
(date): July 15, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel, Marne-Argonne
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):
Arrived at (American port): Hoboken
on (ship): Manchuria
Date: Jan. 22, 1919
(from): St. Na[illegible]
Discharged from service at (place): Not discharged
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RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war:
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 had no formal attitude toward military service never having given the subject much thought. I felt it was a duty I owed my country to serve when war was declared.
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Beneficial in both respects
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?:
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?:
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): Camp Meade, MD
on (date): Mar. 9
year: 1921
(full name): Henry C. Jordan
(rank): 1st Lt.
(branch of service): 64th Infantry
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources:: Myself
