Bolling, Edward L

1-jul-1945

army-separation-qualification-record

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last-name: Bolling

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first-name: Edward

middle-initial: L.

serial-number: 33 213 835

grade: SSgt

permanent-address: Box 548 Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia

date-of-entry: 1942-10-13

date-of-separation: 1945-11-29

date-of-birth: 1921-03-09

place-of-separation: Separation Center, Fort George G. Meade, Maryland

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1-months: 1 1/2

1-grade: Pvt

1-military-occupational-specialty: 521 Basic

1-notes: FA

2-months: 30

2-grade: T4/ Tec 4

2-military-occupational-specialty: 060 Cook

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3-months: 5

3-grade: SSgt

3-military-occupational-specialty: 824 Mess Sergeant

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summary-of-military-occupations: Mess Sergeant

Served with the 802nd Tank Destroyer Battalion in European Theater for 20 months. Had charge of company mess. Supervised 4 cooks in preparation of vagatables, meats, gravies, sauces, bake stuff, etc. Served 200 men per meal.

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military-education: None

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highest-completed-grade: 7th grade

degrees: None

year-left-school: 1935

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address-of-last-school: Pound, Virginia

major-courses: None

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course-name-address-date: None

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civilian-occupations: FARM HAND, GENERAL

Worked for father, Fesse C. Belling, on 60 acre farm near Pound, Virginia from 1931 to 1940. Plowed, planted, cultivated and harvested grain crops and potatoes. Tended livestock and poultry. Had driven light truck. Handled horses.

additional-information: None

name-of-discharging-officer: Edward J Furst