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County - e.g., Haywood County (Tenn.) If no county is listed at top of card, use county of the place they entered service. If that is out of state, use the birth county.: Kentucky

Name in full (Last name, First name Middle name, e.g., York, Alvin C.): Walden, Cecil C

Date of birth - Year Month Day - e.g., 1895 November 2: 1894 Oct 14

Where born, Town (if any), and County and State - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Milam Co., Texas

Name of parents - separate with semicolons ; : W.B. Walden

Place of their birth - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Kentucky

Name of nearest kin: Mrs C.C. Walden

Date of entering service - Year Month Day - e.g., 1917 May 11: 1917 March 16

Place of entering service e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): San Antonio, Texas

Branch of service (Army, Navy, Marines) E.g., Infantry or Artillery is Army.: Infantry

Company: I

Regiment: 26

Division: 1st

Rank when first in service: private

Date of sailing: Aug 7 1917

Date of arrival in Europe: Aug 20 '17

Battles: Cantigny, Montidedeur, Nagon, Aisne Marne St Mihiel Meuse Argonne Army of O.

Casulaties: lost hearing one ear