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Private First Class Marion Frances AVERY
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Service Number -1390169 Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 18 Sept 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Co I, 349th INF to 33rd DIV per Hdq 88th DIV. Assgnd to Co L, 132nd INF 8 Nov 1917 per Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 5 Nov 1917. - Muster Roll Jan-Feb 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. Promoted to PFC per O#6 dtd 1 Feb 1918. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll May-June 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll July 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll Aug 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll Sep 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private First Class. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private First Class. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. - Company Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as Private First Class. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private First Class. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private First Class. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private First Class. Absent sick 19 March 1919. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private First Class. Absent Sick 19 March 1919. Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists Cited for gallantry in action by General Pershing and General Bell. The Silver Star Medal is the United States’ third highest award exclusively for combat valor. The Silver Star was not established as an individual medal until July 19, 1932. At that time, veterans of World War I who had been cited for “gallantry in action” and awarded the “Citation Star” were, based upon specific criteria, authorized to request issuance of the Silver Star Medal in lieu of the earlier ribbon device.
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Post War Occupations / Bio: 1930 United States Federal Census WWII Draft Registration:
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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location Find A Grave: “Franklin County, Illinois, War History, 1832-1919. West Frankfort etc." Pub. by H.W. Trovillion for the Franklin County War History Society, 1920 CITATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL BRAVERY UNDER FIRE Pvt Marion F Avery (Orient) Marion Avery, 78, of Bonnie, formerly of West Frankfort, died at 12:10am today in Good Samaritan Hospital, Mt Vernon. He was a retired Coal Miner, last working in Orient 1. He retired in January 1947. He was born Aug 7, 1886 in West Frankfort, the son of Andrew and Amanda Ferguson Avery. He was a member of the West Frankfort Calvary Baptist Church and World War l Barracks 537. Name: Pvt Marion Francis Avery Sr |
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Miscellaneous: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index PFC AVERY's son's WWII Draft Registration:
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