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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
Joseph L. McTaggart |
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#2139397
Private Company F, 55th Engineers
National Army |
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 -- valvular heart disease per 4th Ind. Hq. 85th Div.
5/18/18
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Said Joseph
L. McTaggart |
was
born in
Clayton
County |
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the State of Iowa |
When enlisted he was
23 2/3
years
of age |
and by occupation a
farmer
| He
had
Blue
eyes,
dk. brown
hair,
ruddy complexion,
and was
5
feet
7 1/2
inches
in height. |
Given under my hand at
Camp Custer,
Michigan
This
21st
day of
May,
one thousand nine hundred and
eighteen.
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Edmund L.
Daley |
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Colonel 55th
Engineers N. A. |
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Commanding. |
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ENLISTMENT RECORD
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Name
Joseph L. McTaggart |
Grade
Private |
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Enlisted, or Inducted,
Feb
25
1918, |
at
Elkader, Iowa |
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Serving in
First
enlistment period at date of discharge. |
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Prior service
Co. C.
313th Engr. Camp Dodge, Iowa 2/27/18-3/26/18 Co. F.
55th Engrs Camp Custer, Mich. 3/26/18 - 5/21/18 |
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Noncommissioned
officer
No |
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Marksmanship,
gunner qualification or rating
no |
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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
was farmer
before enlistment |
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Wounds received in
service
none |
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Physical condition
when discharged
good
except valvulor heart disease |
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Typhoid prophylaxis
completed
March 16,
1918 |
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Paratyphoid prophylaxis completed
March
16s,
1918 |
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Married or Single
single |
Character Very
Good |
Remarks:
Examined for
tuberculosis and padded.
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(Signature of Soldier) |
Joseph L. McTaggart |
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L. H. Ryan |
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Capt. Engr.
R. C. |
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Commanding
Co F, 55th
Engrs |
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