WWII Draft Registration Card

Military Headstone Application

ADDITIONAL FACTS OF NOTE
Military Information
Age at Enlistment:                       26 years
Home Residence during War:    276 W. 5th St., Frederick
Military Years:                               1917-1919
                          Regular Army 6/19/1917, Private,
                          Medical Detachment, 7th Infantry                      
                          10/23/1917 Promoted to Private 1st Class
                          12/23/1917 Promoted to Sergeant
                          3/16/1918 Promoted to Sergeant 1st Class
                          Medical Detachment, 4th Infantry
                          Overseas (4/6/1918-8/22/1919) Aisne
                          Chateau-Thierry Pas Fini Sector
                          Chateau-Thierry Sector
                          Champagne-Marne
                          Aisne-Marne
                          St. Mihiel
                          Meuse-Argonne
                          10/18/1918, Slightly Wounded
                          11/4/1918 Patient at Hospital
                          Honorable Discharge 9/8/1919

Slemmer received the 3rd Division Citation for Gallantry in Action. On the nights of 14th and 15th of July, 1918, at Courboin, France, during the severe barrage, incident of the big attack launched by the enemy along the entire front of the Marne Sector, while stationed at the 7th Regimental Aid Station at Courboin, without orders from high commanding officers, made numerous trips under intense shell fire, for wounded men, and assisted in the dressing of their injuries while under fire in the open areas. Again on the 17th day of October, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, he volunteered to take supplies, medicine, and food to the Battalion Aid Station at Madelaine Farm, from Cierges, and rendering himself open to the intense artillery fire that was sweeping the entire section

Decorations:            Silver Star with 1 cluster
                                   Purple Heart                 

Personal Information
Occupation:      Druggist
Father:              Howard W. Slemmer
Mother:             Clara Raymond
Spouse:             Martha Kemp
Last known residence:   Clifton, Braddock Heights, MD
Cause of Death: Heart-Related
Nore: Served as Treasurer-Secretary of Mt Olivet Cemetery at time of death                          
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