Letter from H.L. McCoy to Lottie Hewitt - November 30, 1939
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[Veterans Administration letterhead] November 30, 1939 YOUR FILE REFERENCE: IN REPLY REFER TO: FCB CHILSON, Clyde C. XC-64,111 Mrs. Lottie Hewitt, 404 West Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, California. Dear Madam: This will acknowledge receipt of your communication of November 20, 1939, in reference to the benefits of the World War Adjusted Compensation Act, commonly called bonus. The Act provides if a veteran dies prior to filing his application, the adjusted service credit is payable to his dependents in the following order of preference: widow, if she has not remarried prior to filing application, children, mother, father. There is enclosed herewith a Form WWC-1 which the preferred dependent should execute and forward to the Adjusted Compensation Branch, Adjutant General
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| Title | Letter from H.L. McCoy to Lottie Hewitt - November 30, 1939 |
| Creator | McCoy, H.L. |
| Source | McCoy, H.L. Letter to Lottie Hewitt. 30 November 1939 Clyde C. Chilson Collection, 1917-1919. 1977.13. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| Description | Letter from the Veterans Administration to the sister of Clyde Chilson, Lottie Hewitt, concerning the World War Adjusted Compensation Act. Clyde Chilson, died on October 16, 1918 during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. He served with Battery B, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division. |
| Subject LCSH | United States. World War Adjusted Compensation Act |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I |
| Site Accession Number | 1977.13 |
| Contributing Institution | National World War I Museum and Memorial |
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| Date Original | November 30, 1939 |
| Language | English |