Downer, Ellis Scott.

WAR HISTORY COMMISSION

STATE OF VIRGINIA

MILITARY SERVICE RECORD

Name in full

(family name): Downer

(first name): Ellis

(middle name): Scott

Date of birth

(month): 2

(day): 28

(year): 1893

Place of Birth

(town): Gordonsville

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(state): Va

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Name of father: Willie Maude Downer

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WAR RECORD

Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): 9-19-17

at (place): Orange C.H. Va

as a (rank): Private

in the: Engineers

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(company): B

(regiment): 510th Engrs.

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

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Embarked from (port): Hoboken N.J.

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(date): 3-22-18

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Place: Service of Supply England & France

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WAR RECORD

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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability): No

Arrived at (American port): Newport News Va

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Date: 6-14-19

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

(date): 6-11-19

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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

What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular?:

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What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?:

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): Milburn W. Va

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(full name): Ellis Scott Downer

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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.