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Can someone tell me where to find info about my father's participation in WW1? When and where he enllisted and was discharged, the unit he served in, etc. Also, before and after the armistice, he was in a French army hospital in Lyons for surgery -- any way to get more info about that??

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Your post makes me think how fast time goes by. When I was young there was a sign on the old Grange building in our little town. It said, "WWl Vets meet here every 2nd Tuesday." And if you drove by on meeting day there were a lot of them! But now they are all gone of course. And most of our WWll Vets as well. Time passes for us all.

Answer 1

Name:	Minter Prickett
Birth Date:	8 May 1895
Death Date:	8 Feb 1975
SSN:	237051358
Branch 1:	ARMY
Enlistment Date 1:	26 May 1918
Release Date 1:	6 Mar 1919

 

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Source Information

Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

Answer 2

Name:	Minter Jackson Prickett
Race:	Caucasian (White)
Marital Status:	Single
Birth Date:	5 May 1895
Birth Place:	USARural Retreat
Street address:	Wythe Co
Residence Place:	Wythe, Virginia, USA
Physical Build:	Slender
Height:	Medium
Hair Description:	Not Bald
Hair Color:	Dark Brown
Eye Color:	Brown

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Source Citation

Registration State: Virginia; Registration County: Wythe; Roll: 1991381

Source Information

: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm.

Answer 3

It takes a long time to search the different sites that are listed but you may find additional information at https://www.archives.gov/research/genealogy/wwi

Answer 4

 

Minter J Prickett

 in the U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939

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Name:	Minter J Prickett
Departure Date:	12 Feb 1919
Departure Place:	Bordeaux, France
Arrival Date:	22 Feb 1918
Arrival Place:	Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place:	Rural Retreat VA.
Next of Kin:	Mrs. M J Prickett
Relationship:	Mother
Ship:	Orizaba
Military Unit:	352ND INF
Rank:	FCP
Service Number:	3223381
Notes:	SAINT AIGNAN CASUAL CO. #498 VIRGINIA

Source Citation

The National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland; Lists of Incoming Passengers, compiled 1917-1938; NAI Number: 6234465; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1774-1985; Record Group Number: 92; Roll or Box Number: 234

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.