Douglass, Thomas Gerard.

WAR HISTORY COMMISSION

STATE OF VIRGINIA

MILITARY SERVICE RECORD

Name in full

(family name): Douglass

(first name): Thomas

(middle name): Gerard

Date of birth

(month): May

(day): 24

(year): 1891

Place of Birth

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(county): Orange Co

(state): Va

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Name of father: H.C. Douglass

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Maiden name of mother: Dollie

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WAR RECORD

Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): 10-17-17

at (place): Orange Co, Va

as a (rank): Private

in the: Infantry

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(company): K

(regiment): 310 Inf

(division): 80

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School, camp, station, ship: Camp Lee, Va.

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Date: April 1918

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Embarked from (port): Norfolk Va

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(date): May 1918

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WAR RECORD

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Participated in the following engagements: In the British line training St. Mihiel Offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

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Arrived at (American port): Newport News, Va

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Date: 5-27-19

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Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee, Va

(date): 6-1-19

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RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE

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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::

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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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.

Additional data:

Signed at (place): Advance Mills, Va.

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(full name): Thomas Gerard Douglass

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The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources:: Record from record blank in clerks office Orange C.H.