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Richard Ross Glessner
PVT/US ARMY: Company M, 71st Infantry Regiment
Birth: February 23, 1891 in Frederick, MD
Death: September 25, 1923 in Frederick, MD
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Frederick News (September 26, 1923)



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WWI Draft Registration Card
ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information
Age at Enlistment:                       26 years
Home Residence during War:    27 E. 6th Street, Frederick
Military Years:                               1917-1919
                          Induction, (6/26/1918) Private 
                          28th Company, 7th Battalion,
                          154th Depot Brigade
                          8/21/1918 Transferred to Company M,
                          71st Infantry
                         10/17/1918 Patient at Base Hospital,
                          Camp Meade (MD)
                          10/18/1918 Patient at 19th General Hospital
                          4/30/1919 Patient at 42nd General Hospital
                          Honorable Discharge 5/29/1919
                          6/21/1919 Service Computation Date

Decorations:                   Order of St. Sava (Serbian)              

Personal Information
Occupation:      Laborer
Father:              Thomas Holiday "Hicks" Glessner
Mother:             Alice Adora Barrick
Spouse:             Single

Cause of Death:   Tuburculosis
Last Known address:   21 E. 6th St., Frederick, MD                         

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