WWI Draft Registration Card

WWII Draft Registration

ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information
Age at Enlistment:                       23 years 
Home Residence during War:    Jefferson, MD
Military Years:                               1917-1919
                          Induction 5/27/1918 Private, 5th Company,
                          2nd training Battalion, 154th Depot Brigade
                          6/20/1918 Company A, 311 Machine Gun Bttn
                          Overseas (7/8/1918-4/2/1919)
                          Avocourt Sector 
                          Meuse-Argonne
                          9/29/1918 Severely wounded in Argonne Forest
                          9/29/1918 Patient at AEF Hospital 
                          4/2/1919 Patient at Embarkation Hospital,
                          Newport News (VA)
                          4/10/1919 Patient at Walter Reed Gen Hosp. (DC)
                          1/1/1920 Still in Service
                         
Decorations:                  Order of St. Sava (Serbian) 
                                         Purple Heart
                                         Victory Medal with Battle Clasp
                                         American Expeditionary Force Medal              

Personal Information
Occupation:      Farmer
Father:              Otis Arnold
Mother:             Mary Herring
Spouse:             Mary Hattie Orrison

Cause of Death:
​Last Known Address: 2945 Lander Rd., Jefferson, MD                            
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Preservation Opportunities

Donors: TBA

US soldiers of a Machine Gun Battalion in the Battle of Argonne Forest (fall 1918)