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Soldier's Discharge Record

SOLDIER'S FORM

 

#1762
   
Name: Lynn B. Hinman Filed: October 10, 1919
   
            

         County Recorder.

 

HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY

To All Whom it May Concern:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That     Lynn B. Hinman

#2,150,356 Private, Company A 118th Infantry,

 

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    Certificate of Disability, per 4th Ind. Hq. C. W., Chicago, Ill.,  March 31, 1919, incurred in line of duty.

   
Said   Lynn B. Hinman was born in    Luana
in the State of    Iowa When enlisted he was    22     years of age

and by occupation a   Farmer

He had  Blue  eyes,  light  hair,   Fair  complexion, and was       5   feet   8  inches in height.

      Given under my hand at   U. S. General Hospital, No. 26, Fort Des Moines, Iowa.

This    6th   day of     May    one thousand nine hundred and     nineteen.

       
    George F. Jueneman  
    Cornonel. Med. Corps, U.S.A.  
     

Commanding.

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ENLISTMENT RECORD

 

Name   Lynn B. Hinman Grade   Private.
Enlisted, or Inducted,   February 25th     1918, at  Luana, Iowa
Serving in     First     enlistment period at date of discharge.
Prior service  None

Noncommissioned officer   never

Marksmanship, gunner qualification or rating     not qualified

Horsemanship     not qualified

Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions       St. Quentin

Decorations, Medals, Citations:    none

Knowledge of any vocation    Farmer          

Wounds received in service    Gunshot wound of right elbow and forearm                 

Physical condition when discharged     Poor

Typhoid prophylaxis completed    unknown

 

Paratyphoid prophylaxis completed    unknown  

Married or Single    Single

Character  Excellent

Remarks: 

No A. W. O. L.  no time lost under G. O. 31 1912 or 45  1914

Served in France

Left U. S. May 25/18.   Arrived U.S. Dec 1/18.

Service Honest and Faithful

 
  (Signature of Soldier) Lynn B. Hinman
    Clarence C. Harvey
    Captain, M. C. U. S. A.
    Commanding  Detachment of Patients
     
 

 

~ source: Clayton County, Iowa Discharges. LDS microfilm #1516914 Item #6

~transcribed by Constance Diamond