[or-roots] Oregon War Records - Personnel Military Service Form

[dgoodma02 at comcast.net]

FYI:  I attempted to get info on my Dad from NARA and finnaly ended up writing to them. I have my Dad's ID disk from WW1 and his Service number.
They wrote back to me with a nice letter which indicated my Dad had the rank of Sergeant, but that was all they could give me as those records had been burned in a large Fire!

--
Bob Goodman 
USAF Retired 
University Place, Washington

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> Dolores; 
> 
> The information you have there is a little cryptic for deciphering, I 
> suspect somewhere in the NARA online files there SHOULD be an explanation of 
> the forms, but as yet haven't found it, if I do it will be here, or if I 
> remember to look again later will post it. I am going to post a number of 
> "Great War" (remember when it happened it wasn't called 'World War I'" 
> sites that may be of interest. I had no luck searcing the net for specifics 
> on the 23 and 33rd engineers, the 21st seem to have hogged all the "glory" 
> online. 
> 
> Les C 
> 
> * * * * * 
> 
> http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/web03/atlases/great%20war/great%20war%20ind 
> ex.htm 
> 
> this link will take you to a list of links to maps of various battle fronts 
> and time frames, if we can figure out who the 25th and 33rd were attached to 
> you can probably follow them there. 
> 
> * * * * 
> 
> http://www.teacheroz.com/Military_History.htm#maps 
> will take you to a general military history page, with links to way more 
> than ANYBODY wants to know about war. 
> 
> * * * * 
> 
> Well I have had to give up on the rest, I think E4 is a rank, somewhere 
> along about PVT 1st class, it is actually a pay grade rather than a rank, 5A 
> sound like a selective service class, possibly disabled or some such? maybe 
> one of the vets on here can explain that one, the only SS classes that meant 
> anything to me were my 2S deferment and my 1A "you're ass is our" and then 
> my (isn't it funny what your memory does) whatever classification I ended up 
> with that meant "you lucky dog, you got away form us" that enabled me to 
> avoid being cannon fodder. 
> 
> I mean no disparagement for all who volunteered or served gladly in Vietnam, 
> but I had no desire to give up my life for Shell Oil. 
> 
> Les C 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us 
> [mailto:or-roots-admin at sosinet.sos.state.or.us]On Behalf Of D. J. Brotherton 
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:08 AM 
> To: Oregon Mailing List 
> Subject: [or-roots] Oregon War Records - Personnel Military Service Form 
> 
> 
> I went to the Salem Archives and copied four of my uncles Military records 
> from Word War I. Three enlisted at the same time (brothers) and were sent 
> to Vancouver Barracks in Washington. 
> 
> I am trying to interpret some of the answers on the forms. I tried to type 
> it carefully as I could reading with a magnifying glass. : 
> 
> Under the heading of Rank and Promotions: Distinguised service. Medals and 
> citations. 
> 
> 4 X. 
> 
> Under the heading of Locations: 
> 
> 5A E4 
> 
> Length of service Jan 31, 1918 to June 16, 1918 France. 
> 
> Under Military Service: 
> 
> Co. D 25th Engineers, transferred to Co. D 33rd Engineers, No. 4 Cas Def. 
> 33rd Engineers; 28th Co 7th Bn. 151st D.B. 
> 
> I would appreciate any help that I can get. Is there anyway to find out 
> where in France. 
> 
> Dolores in Colorado 
> djbrtb at kci.net 
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