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u-s-marine-corps-report-of-separation

navmc-78-pd

last-name: Ligon

suffix:

first-name: Chester

middle-names: Page

rank: Sgt

pay-grade: 4

serial-number: 829729

permanent-address: Blacksburg, Va.

race: W

sex: M

citizen: Yes

date-of-birth: 1921-04-03

address-for-employment: Blacksburg, Va.

married: No

no-of-dep: [3?]

place-of-birth: Page, Co., Va.

record-of-marine-corps-service

selective-service-data

registered: Yes

address-at-entry-into-service: Blacksburg, VA.

sel-ser-bd-no: 1

sel-ser-bd-county-state: Montgomery, Va.

means-of-entry-1: Inducted

means-of-entry-2:

place-of-entry-into-active-service: DHS Richmond, Va.

date-of-entry: 1943-02-28

component-reg:

component-res: 111B

pension-claim-filed: No

place-of-separation: NCAS, Cherry Point, N.C.

date-of-separation: 1945-10-19

org-at-separation: [illegible]

type-of-discharge: Honorable

foreign-sea-service-years: 1

foreign-sea-service-months: 5

foreign-sea-service-days:

military-specialties: Cook 060

service-schools-attended: Rifle Range [Det?]., P. I. S. C.

service-school-courses: cooks and bakers

service-school-weeks: 6

principal-military-duty-and-no: 060 Cook

notes:

employment-and-non-service-educational-data

1-civilian-occupation: Meat Cutter

1-civilian-occupation-no: 5-58

1-civilian-occupation-no-yrs: 1

1-civilian-occupation-last-employed-date: 1943-02-dd

1-civilian-occupation-summary: Worked in store as butcher and in restaurant as meat cutter, also worked in slaughter house. Can separate animal into the various different quarters.

2-civilian-occupation: Short Order Cook.

2-civilian-occupation-no: 2-26

2-civilian-occupation-no-yrs: 5

2-civilian-occupation-last-employed-date: 1942-12-dd

last-employer-name: C. R. Whipple

last-employer-address: Blacksburg, Va.

date-left-last-employer: 1943-02-dd

job-aid-desired: No

non-service-education

grammar-years: 8

high-school-years: 1

college-years:

degree:

major-courses:

trade-courses: None

courses-of-greatest-interest: None

last-school-attended: [illegible]

preferences

preference-for-additional-training: None

job-preference: Ass't Manager of Restaurant

job-preference-reason: Occupation

locality-preference: Blacksburg, Va.

locality-preference-reason: Home.

name-and-rank-of-discharging-officer: J. O. Mitchell, Capt., USNCR.

date-signed-by-discharged-person: 1945-10-dd