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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Willen
(first name): Eugene
(middle name): Bane
Date of birth
(month): June
(day): 12
(year): 1896
Place of Birth
(town): Graham
(county): Tazewell
(state): Va
(country): USA
Name of father: {?Rauigb?} M Willen
Birthplace (country): USA
Maiden name of mother: Neil
Birthplace (country): USA
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): Methodist
Married: No
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Fraternal Orders: No
College Fraternities: NO
Previous military service or training: No
Education
(Preparatory):
(College): Two years
Education
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(Degrees): none
Occupation before entry into service: Drug clerk
employer: GA R{?eynard?}
Residence before entry into the service
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(town): Graham
(county): Tazewell
Present home address
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(town): Graham
(county): Tazewell
(state): Va
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): Dec 6, 1915
at (place): Richmond, Va
as a (rank): Pvt
in the: Hospital Corps
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Assigned originally to
(company): National Guard
(regiment): 116th
(division): Infantry 29 Div
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School, camp, station, ship: Cam McClellan
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken
on (ship): USS Finland
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and arrived at (foreign port): St. Nazaire
(date): Jun 28, 1918
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): July 28, 1918
(date): July 28, 1918
Participated in the following engagements:
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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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee Va
(date): May 27, 1919
as a (rank): 1st cl pvt
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Drug Clerk
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?: To do my best while in service
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?: Good
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: Good
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: Good
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::
