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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Harris
(first name): John
(middle name): Flourney
Date of birth
(month): July
(day): 25th
(year): 1897
Place of Birth
(town): Virgilina
(county): Halifax
(state): Virginia
(country): U.S.A.
Name of father: John C. Harris
Birthplace (country): Virgilina Va., U.S.A.
Maiden name of mother: Margaret Agnes Perkins
Birthplace (country): ""
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
Voter (yes or no):
Church (denomination): Baptist
Married: No
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Fraternal Orders: W.O.W.
College Fraternities: None
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Education
(Preparatory): High School
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Occupation before entry into service: Farming
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(town): Virgilina
(county): Halifax
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): May 25, 1918
at (place): Richmond Virginia
as a (rank): Hospital apprentice 2nd class
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Assigned originally to
(company): Marine duty
(regiment): 8th
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at (place): Galveston, Texas
Trained or stationed before going to Europe:-
School, camp, station, ship: Paris Island, S.C.
From (date): June 18th, 1917
to (date): Sept 18th, 1917
School, camp, station, ship: Quantico, VA
From (date): Sept 19th, 1917
to (date): October 9th, 1917
School, camp, station, ship: Galveston, Texas
From (date): October 17, 1917
to (date): August 14th, 1918
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From (rank): 1st class
to (rank): [Phm?]3rd class
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken, NJ
on (ship): U.S.S. Henderson
(date): Sept 14th
and arrived at (foreign port): Brest, France Sept 29th
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Proceeded from : Brest
to: Bordeaux
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to: St. Sulpice
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Place: Bordeaux
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): Brest
(date): Sept. 29th, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Stationary duty
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:
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Permanently disabled (through loss of limb, eyesight, etc.) (specify disability):
Arrived at (American port): Hampton Roads
on (ship): U.S.S. Siboney
Date: Aug. 9, 1919
(from): France
Discharged from service at (place): Hampton Roads Virginia
(date): Aug. 29, 1919
as a (rank): Pharmacist mate 3rd class
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: Farming
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::
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
What was your attitude toward military service in general and toward your call in particular?: Willing to serve
What were the effects of camp experiences in the United State upon yourself -- mental and physical?: affects beneficial in general
What were the effects upon yourself of your overseas experience?: none especially
What effects, if any, did your experience have on your religious belief?: none
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): Virgilina, Virginia
on (date): April 20
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The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
