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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Mayo
(first name): Ulysses
(middle name): Simpson Grant
Date of birth
(month): October
(day): 14
(year): 1895
Place of Birth
(town):
(county): Cumberland
(state): Va
(country):
Name of father: Samuel H Mayo
Birthplace (country):
Maiden name of mother: Mariah
Birthplace (country): USA
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: Colored
Citizen (Yes or no):
Voter (yes or no):
Church (denomination): Pleasant View Baptist
Married: No
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Previous military service or training: Hampton Institute School of Cadets
Education
(Preparatory): Attended
(College): Hampton Normal & Agriculture Institute 5 Years
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Occupation before entry into service: At school, carpenter by trade
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Present home address
(street number):
(town): Columbia
(county): Fluvanna
(state): Va.
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Enlisted Dec. 15, 1917
at (place): Ft. Monroe, Va
as a (rank): Private
in the: Engineer Corps
section of the : National Army
Identification number: 1972775
Assigned originally to
(company): Company "D"
(regiment): 317th Engineers
(division): 92nd
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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Trained at Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio
From (date): Dec 15, 1917
to (date): June 10, 1918
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Promoted:-
From (rank): Pvt
to (rank): Corporal to Sgt
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From (rank): Sgt
to (rank): Sgt 1st Class
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken, NJ
on (ship): SS Mt Vernon
(date): June 10, 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): Brest, France
(date): June 19, 1918
Proceeded from : Camp Sherman
to: Hoboken
(date): June 10, 1918
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Trained or stationed abroad:-
Country: France
Place: B{?}, France
From (date): June 19, 1918
to (date): Aug 12
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place):
(date): Aug 18
Participated in the following engagements: St Die Setor [???] [???] Aug 18, 1918 Meuse Argonne Sept 26th - Nov 11, 1918
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): SS Coronia
Date: Feb 28, 1919
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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Meade, Md
(date): Mar 26, 1919
as a (rank): Sergeant 1st Class
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?: After the country had [illegible] war on Germany [illegible] the country of ..... offered my service freely
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: The association of [illegible] conditions and [illegible]
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.
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The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
