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WAR HISTORY COMMISSION
STATE OF VIRGINIA
MILITARY SERVICE RECORD
Name in full
(family name): Lowry
(first name): Edwin
(middle name): Hobson
Date of birth
(month): Feb
(day): 10
(year): 1898
Place of Birth
(town): Gordonsville
(county): Orange
(state): VA
(country): US
Name of father: Marcellus P. Lowry
Birthplace (country): US
Maiden name of mother: Emma Maud Bacon
Birthplace (country): US
Are you White, Colored, Indian or Mongolian: White
Citizen (Yes or no): Yes
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Church (denomination): Baptist
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Previous military service or training: 5 years
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Residence before entry into the service
(street number): 1819 Covington St.
(town): Richmond
(county): US
Present home address
(street number): 1819 Covington St.
(town): Richmond
(county): Henrico
(state): VA
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WAR RECORD
Inducted into service or enlisted on (date): 28 May 1916
at (place): Richmond Va
as a (rank): Private
in the: Infantry
section of the : U.S. Army
Identification number: 1287223
Assigned originally to
(company): 2d B.
(regiment): 116 Inf.
(division): 29 Div.
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School, camp, station, ship: McClellan Ala.
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Embarked from (port): Hoboken N.J.
on (ship): U.S.S. Finland
(date): 12 June
and arrived at (foreign port): St. Nazaire
(date): 26 June
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WAR RECORD
First went into action (place): [illegible] Haute Alsace
(date): July 18, 1918
Participated in the following engagements: Haute Alsace Meuse Argonne Battle of Malbrook Hill, Battle of Molville Farm, Attack on Bois De [illegible], Battle of Grand Montagne Capture of [illegible] Ridge
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: [illegible]
(place): Argonne
(date): 18 Sept 1918
Nature of casualty: Gassed
(place): Argonne
(date): " " " [18 Sept 1918]
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Name of hospital: Base 54
Location: [illegible]
From (date): 22 Sept. 1918
to (date): 30 Nov. 1918
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Arrived at (American port): Newport News
on (ship): Matsonia
Date: 20 May
(from): St. Nazaire
Discharged from service at (place): Camp Lee
(date): 28 May 1919
as a (rank): Sgt.
RETURN TO CIVIL LIFE
Occupation after the war: N. J. Navy
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?:
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?: None
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?: A Good One
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.
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The information contained in this record, unless otherwise indicated, was obtained from the following persons or sources::
