Groves, Thomas Thurston.

WAR HISTORY COMMISSION

STATE OF VIRGINIA

MILITARY SERVICE RECORD

Name in full

(family name): Groves

(first name): Thomas

(middle name): Thurston

Date of birth

(month): August

(day): 5th

(year): 1898

Place of Birth

(town):

(county): [Fauquier?]

(state): [Virginia]

(country):

Name of father: Granville Quincy Groves

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Maiden name of mother: [Harris?]

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Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White

Citizen (Yes or no): Yes

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Church (denomination): Methodist

Married: No

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Occupation before entry into service: [Painter?]

employer: [illegible]

Residence before entry into the service

(street number): [Penington?]

(town): [illegible]

(county): Fauquier

Present home address

(street number): [Penington?]

(town):

(county): Fauquier

(state): Virginia

WAR RECORD

Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): July 23

at (place): Warrenton Virginia

as a (rank): {illegible}

in the: Infantry

section of the : National Guard

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Assigned originally to

(company): Co. C

(regiment): second Va.

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Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-

School, camp, station, ship: Camp McClellan

From (date): Sept 27, 1917

to (date): June 11, 1918

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Transferred to:-

Company: Co. D

Regiment: 116th Inf.

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Date: Oct 4

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Promoted:-

From (rank): Pvt

to (rank): Corporal

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Embarked from (port): Hoboken, New Jersey

on (ship): U.S.S. Finland

(date): June 14, 1918

and arrived at (foreign port): St Nazaire

(date): June 25, 1918

Proceeded from : St Nazaire

to: Champlitte {Eriene?}

(date): 14 July 1918

From: Champlitte

to: Haute Alsace

(date): July 24, 1918

From: Haute Alsace

to: Meuse Argonne sector

(date): Sept 26

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WAR RECORD

First went into action (place): center sector Haute Alsace

(date): 24 July 18

Participated in the following engagements: Meuse Argonne offensive [illegible] Oct 16

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): :

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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?:

What were the effects of camp experiences in the United States upon yourself -- mental and physical?:

What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?:

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): Camp Lee Va

on (date): May 28

year: 1919

(full name): Thomas T Groves

(rank): Pvt.

(branch of service): Co H 116th Inf.

The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::