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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Nelley
(first name): Earl
(middle name): Arlington
Date of birth
(month): July
(day): 8th
(year): 1898
Place of Birth
(town): Richmond
(county):
(state): Va.
(country): U.S.
Name of father: Frossaid Daniel Nelley
Birthplace (country): U.S.
Maiden name of mother: Alda Barnett
Birthplace (country): U.S.
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): Baptist
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Previous military service or training: none
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Occupation before entry into service: Labor Foreman
employer: American Locomotive Co.
Residence before entry into the service
(street number): 1223 4th Ave.
(town): Richmond Va
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Present home address
(street number): 1223 4th Ave
(town): Richmond Va.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Dec. 10th 1917
at (place): Richmond, Va
as a (rank): Private
in the: 12th Co. Va. Coast Artillery
section of the : National Guard
Identification number: 2,129,926
Assigned originally to
(company): 12th Co. Va.
(regiment): C. C. C.
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School, camp, station, ship: Fort Monroe Va. Chester Va.
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Company: Battery B.
Regiment: 35th
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Date: Nov. 15-1918
New Location: Camp Meade, Md.
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WAR RECORD
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Meade Md.
(date): Dec.-5-1918
as a (rank): Private
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Labor Foreman
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): 1223-4th Ave. Richmond Va
on (date): March 14
year: 1921
(full name): Earl Arlington Kelley
(rank): Private
(branch of service): Coast Artillery C.
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
