Roy Holmes Enlistment Record and Discharge Certificate - August 15, 1919
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ENLISTMENT RECORD. Roy J. Homes Grade: Pvt. 1st Class. Enlisted, or Inducted, [September] 17, 1917, at Kansas City, [Missouri] Serving in first enlistment period at date of discharge. Prior service: None. Noncommissioned officer: Never. Marksmanship, gunner qualification or rating: Not rated. Horsemanship: Not mounted. Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions: Champagne Marne Off. Aisne Marne Off. St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne Occupation of a defensive Sec. Decorations, medals, badges, citations: None. Knowledge of any vocation: Farming. Wounds received in service: None. Physical condition when discharged: Good. Triple Typhoid prophylaxis completed March 19, 1919 Triple Paratyphoid prophylaxis completed March 19, 1919 I held on S3 31039 81159 Married or single: Single Character: Excellent Remarks: No AWOL nor absence under GO 31 or 45 W.D. 1914. Left U.S. May 6, 1918. Arr. U.S. [August] 3, 1919. Entitled to travel pay to Wise, [Missouri] Signature of soldier: Ray J. Holmes CR Hartshow Capt. Inf. Commanding Cas. Det. 1270 [stamp] CAMP DODGE, IOWA [August] 15 1919 Paid in Full Including Bonus. $119.18 A.A. Padmore Capt. Quartermaster, U.S.A.
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Honorable Discharge from The United States Army TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to Certify, That Roy J. Holmes 2284236, Pvt. 1st Class, Casual Det. 1270 Dem Group Last assigned to Med. Det 322nd F. Sig. Bn. THE UNITED STATES ARMY, as a TESTIMONIAL OF HONEST AND FAITHRUL SERVICE, is hereby HONORABLY DISCHARGED from the military service of the UNITED STATES by reason of Tel. W.D. [November] 15, [1918] Lt. AGA [November] 30, [1918] Said Roy J. Holmes was born in Nevada, in the State of Missouri When enlisted he was 34 2/3 years of age and by occupation a farmer. He had grey eyes, grey hair, dark complexion, and was 5 feet 8 inches in height. Given under my hand at Camp Dodge, Iowa this 15th day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen [ms illegible: signature] Major Infantry USA Commanding. [stamp] STATE OF MISSOURI COUNTY OF VERNON} Filed for Record 27 day of [February] 1948 at 1 o
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| Title | Roy Holmes Enlistment Record and Discharge Certificate - August 15, 1919 |
| Creator | Holmes, Roy |
| Source | Holmes, Roy, Enlistment Record and Discharge Certificate. 15 August 1919. Bushwhacker Museum World War I Collection. 05.64.13. Bushwhacker Museum, Nevada, Missouri. |
| Description | Roy J. Holmes enlisted in the army September 17, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. He participated in the Champagne Marne Offensive, Aisne Marne Offensive, and St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne Occupations as part of the 322nd Field Signal Battalion, Medical Detachment. |
| Subject LCSH | Meuse Argonne; St. Mihiel; Champagne Marne; Aisne Marne; Military discharge |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; United States. Army. Medical Detachment, 322nd. |
| Site Accession Number | 05.64.13 |
| Contributing Institution | Bushwhacker Museum |
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| Date Original | August 15, 1919 |
| Language | English |