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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Offenbacher
(first name): Charles
(middle name): Henry
Date of birth
(month): Jan
(day): 27
(year): 1893
Place of Birth
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(state): Va
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Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): No
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): April 22, 1917
at (place): Elton Va
as a (rank): Pvt
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section of the : National Guard
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Assigned originally to
(company): Co. D
(regiment): 2nd Va. Inf.
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School, camp, station, ship: Camp McClellan Ala
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Company: Co. D 2nd Va.
Regiment: 116th Inf.
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Date: Oct. 1917
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken N.J.
on (ship): Finland
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and arrived at (foreign port): St. Nazaire
(date): June 24, 1918
Proceeded from : St. Nazaire
to: Loret
(date): July 1, '18
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Country: France
Place: Laret
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place):
(date): August 2, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Alsace Lorraine Meuse Argonne Offensive
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): :
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Arrived at (American port): Newport News
on (ship): Matsonia
Date: May 20
(from): St. Nazaire
Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee
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RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Farmer
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?: none
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: none
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: none
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?: none
What has been the effect of all these experiences as contrasted with your state of mind before the war?: none
Photographs-- If possible enclose one taken before entering the service and one taken afterwards in uniform, both signed and dated.
Additional data: none
Signed at (place):
on (date):
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(full name): Charles Henry Offenbacher
(rank): Pvt.
(branch of service): Co. D 116 Inf.
The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
