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To All Whom it May
Concern:
This is to certify, That Fred
J. Rippen #2155681 Private Co. "B" 1st Dev.
B12. 152nd Depot Brigade
was discharged from the military service of
the United States by reason of physical disability at Camp Upton,
N.Y. on the twenty-eighth day of June 1918, that at the time of
discharge there was erroneously issued to him a discharge
certificate on Form525, A.G.O., indicating that he had been
Honorably Discharged the service. Having surrendered said
certificate so issued to him, this certificate is issued in lieu
thereof, and by virtue of this certificate he is entitled to be
regarded as having been Honorably Discharged the military service
as of the date and place aforementioned.
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Said
Fred J. Rippen |
was
born in Monticello |
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the State of Iowa |
When enlisted he was
30 5/12
years
of age |
and by occupation a farmer
| He
had
brown
eyes,
dark brown
hair,
dark complexion.
He was
5
feet
8 1/2
inches
in height. |
Given under my hand at
Washington D. C.
this
twenth-ninth
day of
June, 1923
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M. J.
O'Brien |
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Adjutant
General. |
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Commanding. |
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(The
following is a true copy of the soldier's
enlistment record as shown by his original discharge
certificate.)
Name
Fred J. Rippen #2155681
Character very
good
Inducted,
Feb.
22
1918, at
West Union, Iowa
Serving in First enlistment period at date of discharge.
Prior service
None
Noncommissioned
officer
Never
Battles,
engagements, skirmishes, expeditions None
Knowledge of any
vocation
Farmer
Wounds received in
service None
Physical condition
when discharged
General
physical unfitness
Typhoid prophylaxis
completed
Mar. 19,
1918
Paratyphoid prophylaxis completed
Mar.
19,
1918
Married or Single
Single
Character very
good.
Remarks:
No A. W. O. L.
No absence under A. W. #101. Paid in full $101.19 June 28,
1918, at Camp Upton, N.Y. Paid $60 bonus April 28, 1919
under Act of Feb. 24, 1919
Adjutant General |
