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County - e.g., Haywood County (Tenn.) If no county is listed at top of card, use county of the place they entered service. If that is out of state, use the birth county.: Johnson City

Name in full (Last name, First name Middle name, e.g., York, Alvin C.): Weems, James Frederick

Date of birth - Year Month Day - e.g., 1895 November 2: 1896 June 3rd

Where born, Town (if any), and County and State - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Greene Co., Tenn.

Name of parents - separate with semicolons ; : C.P. Weems, Bill Weems

Place of their birth - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Greene Co., Tenn.

Name of nearest kin: C.P. Weems

Date of entering service - Year Month Day - e.g., 1917 May 11: 1916 Aug 3

Place of entering service e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Johnson City , Tenn.

Branch of service (Army, Navy, Marines) E.g., Infantry or Artillery is Army.: Infantry

Company: E

Regiment: 117th

Division: 30th

Rank when first in service: private

Date of sailing: June 3rd 1918

Date of arrival in Europe: June 20 1918

Battles: Ypres Front, July 1, 1918- July 30 St Quentin, Sept 22 -Oct 17, 1918 Burigny Malone

Casulaties: gun shot wound right chest Oct 17, 1918