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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Dooley
(first name): Robert
(middle name): Edward
Date of birth
(month): December
(day): 16
(year): 1898
Place of Birth
(town): Richmond
(county):
(state): Virginia
(country): USA
Name of father: Robert Henry Dooley
Birthplace (country): Richmond Virginia
Maiden name of mother: Florence S Saunders
Birthplace (country): Richmond Co Virginia
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no): Yes
Church (denomination): Saint Patrick's--Catholic
Married: no
year:
at:
To (maiden name):
Born:
year:
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Children
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year:
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Children
(name):
Born:
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Children
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Born:
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Fraternal Orders:
College Fraternities:
Previous military service or training: 2 years 1 month
Education
(Preparatory): Grammar school
(College):
Education
(University):
(Degrees):
Occupation before entry into service: M{?}
employer: American Loco. Co.
Residence before entry into the service
(street number): 1708 N. 28th St.
(town): Richmond Va
(county):
Present home address
(street number): 1708 N. 28th St.
(town): Richmond
(county):
(state): Va
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): May 1, 1917
at (place): Richmond Virginia
as a (rank): Soldiers Private
in the: Artillery
section of the : National Guard
Identification number: 1299835
Assigned originally to
(company): Bat. A
(regiment): 111th
(division): 29th
(or)
(ship):
at (place):
Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Fort Oglethorpe Ga.
From (date): July 9 - 1917
to (date): Dec. 18 - 1917
School, camp, station, ship: Camp McClellan Ala.
From (date): Dec. 19 - 1917
to (date): June 22 - 1918
School, camp, station, ship:
From (date):
to (date):
Transferred to:-
Company: {?}
Regiment: 111th
Division: 29th
Ship:
Date:
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New Location:
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Promoted:-
From (rank):
to (rank):
Date:
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to (rank):
Date:
Embarked from (port):
on (ship):
(date): 29th June 1918
and arrived at (foreign port): Liverpool Eng.
(date):
Proceeded from : Liverpool Eng
to: Les Harve France
(date): July 19 1918
From: Les Harve
to: Poitiers France
(date): July 23 1918
From:
to: Sommes France
(date): Aug. 22 - 1918
Trained or stationed abroad:-
Country: France
Place: Poitiers
From (date): July 23 1918
to (date): Aug. 22 - 1918
Country: France
Place:
From (date): August 22 1918
to (date): Oct 1918
Country: France
Place: Auill{?}ville
From (date): Oct. 1918
to (date): Dec. 1918
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place):
(date):
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): :
Killed in action, killed by accident, died of wounds, died of disease, wounded, gassed, shell-shocked, taken prisoner:
Nature of casualty:
(place):
(date):
Nature of casualty:
(place):
(date):
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Under medical care:-
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to (date):
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability): No
Arrived at (American port): Newport News
on (ship): [illegible]
Date: May 13th
(from): St Nazaire
Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee
(date): June 3 1919
as a (rank): Private
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::