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HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY
To All Whom it May
Concern:
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That
Bert A. Elledge |
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#2849770 Private
Company C. Development Battalion No. 1 |
THE UNITED STATES ARMY,
as a Testimonial of Honest and Faithful Service, is herby
HONORABLY DISCHARGED from the military service of the UNITED
STATES by reason of
Physical
deficiency per Surgeon's Certificate of disability and 4th Ind.
163rd Dept Brigade November 4, 1918, giving as cause for
discharge neuro-circulatory asthenia which incapacitates by
reason of tachycardia, dizziness and palpitation on exertion,
rendering him liable to collapse. Discharged by order of the
Secretary of the War, Paragraph 7, General Order, War Dept. 1918.
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Said Bert
A. Elledge |
was
born in Osterdock |
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the State of Iowa |
When enlisted he was
22 2/12
years
of age |
and by occupation a
Barber and Farmer
| He
had
blue
eyes,
light
hair,
fair complexion,
and was five
feet eight
& 1/2
inches
in height. |
Given under my hand at
Camp Dodge, Iowa
This
6th
day of
November,
one thousand nine hundred and
eighteen.
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R. M. Mahon |
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Captain
Infantry. |
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Commanding. |
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ENLISTMENT RECORD
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Name
Bert A. Elledge |
Grade
Private Infantry |
Enlisted, or Inducted,
April
26th
1918, |
at
Elkader, Iowa |
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Serving in
First
enlistment period at date of discharge. |
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Prior service
none |
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Noncommissioned
officer
never |
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Marksmanship,
gunner qualification or rating
not practice |
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Horsemanship
not
mounted |
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Battles,
engagements, skirmishes, expeditions
none.
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Decorations,
Medals, Citations:
none |
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Knowledge of any
vocation
Barbering
and Farming |
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Wounds received in
service none |
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Physical condition
when discharged
Physically
unfit. Poor |
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Typhoid prophylaxis
completed
May 16, 1918 |
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Paratyphoid prophylaxis completed
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Married or Single
Married |
Character
I Certify
that the soldiers Character is Excellent. |
Remarks:
No A. W. O. L. No
absence under G. O. 31 W. D. 1912 or G. O. 45 W. D. 1914.
Accepted by Local Board for Clayton County, Iowa, Order No. 542
Serial No. 506. Disability existed prior to enlistment not in
line of duty.
Soldier entitled to travel pay at 3 1/2 cents per mile to place
of enlistment.
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(Signature of Soldier) |
Bert A.
Elledge |
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William M.
Brennan |
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Captain Infantry
M. S. A. |
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Commanding
Co. "C" Dev.
Bn. No.1 |
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