100681 Pvt 1st Class George D. Vallen US Army Company F 146th Infantry Rgt from:Akron, OH. USA My paternal grandfather George D. Vallen Sr. was a Private 1st Class of the 4th Army Corps-37th Division-73rd Brigade-146th Infantry-Company F. I have many pictures taken from his enlistment time where he originally reported to Camp Akron at Silver Lake, Ohio where they spent a few weeks organizing and beginning their training. They were then transferred to Camp Sherman in Montgomery, Alabama for further training. That's where the pictures ended. From there they went to Camp Lee in Virginia and prepared for embarcation. They left Camp Lee on June 12, 1918 bound for New Jersey where they boarded the USS Leviathan bound for France. They disembarked June 23rd at Brest, France. His group was involved in the following Battle deployments: Baccarat Sector, France – August 4 to September 16, 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive, France – September 26 to 30, 1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive, France – October 7 to 16, 1918 Ypres-Lys offensive, Belgium – October 31 to November 4, 1918 Ypres-Lys offensive, Belgium – November 9 to 11, 1918 Embarked on the USS Maui on March 18, 1919 at Brest, France to return to the US. He was discharged the 13th of April. He also kept a journal from 1917 just prior to enlisting until he was mustered out in 1919. He took it upon himself to convene a reunion of his Company beginning in the early 1940's and continued until about 1965. Because of that he was given some a record that had been used in their company headquarters that recorded the ins and outs of members of that Company. I have that book and have submitted it to RootsWeb.com so everyone will have access now to that information as it has a listing that containst the following information: Surname, First name, Middle initial, Serial no., DOB, DOD (which was upkept by my grandfather), Enlistment date, City reported to, Camp reported to, Initial rank, Rank as of Nov 1917 at Camp Sherman, Rank as of AEF October 1918, Remarks (many various: in hospital, training, AWOL, etc.),Rank as of AEF January 1919, Promotion, Date of Promotion, Transfers, Date transferred, Final assignment, Date, Next of kin, relationship, address, Soldier's address at enlistment, Previous company, date transferred, Furloughs/Leaves, and Other.
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