Service Number - 1390174

Enlisted 18 Sepember 1917
Discharged 5 June 1919

Company L Muster Roll Nov-Dec 1917 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 18 Sep 1917. Listed as Private. Transferred from Company B 349th INF to 33rd DIV per SO#62 Hdq 88th DIV dtd 25 Oct 1917; Assigned to and Joined Company L, 132nd INF 4 Nov 1917 per SO#60 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 Jan 1918. - Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Listed as TRANSFER. Private First Class. Transfer to 108th Miitary Police per SO#106 Hdq 33rd DIV dtd 4 April 1918.

Enroute to France; Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: William V Cooksey
Departure Date: 22 May 1918
Departure Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Edmonton, Kentucky
Next of Kin: Austin Cooksey
Relationship: Brother
Ship: Leviathan
Military Unit: 108 MP
Rank: Pvt CO A
Service Number: 1399174
Notes: Company A 108th Military Police

Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists,
Name: William V Cooksey
Departure Date: 12 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 22 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: Edmonton Kentucky
Next of Kin: Mr. Sid Cooksey
Relationship: Brother
Ship: CHARLESTON
Military Unit: 33RD M P CO
Rank: Private First Class
Service Number: 1390174
Notes: 33RD MILITARY POLICE COMPANY

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps unknown

Post War Occupations / Bio:

1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Virgil Cooksey
Age in 1910: 18
Birth Year: abt 1892
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1910: Princeton, Cass, Illinois
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Hired Man
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Native Tongue: English
Occupation: Laborer
Industry: Farm
Employer, Employee or Other: Wage Earner
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Out of Work: N
Number of Weeks Out of Work: 12
Household Members Age Relationship
Peter B Goff 39 Head
Jennie Goff 33 Wife
Virgil Cooksey 18 Hired Man
Katherine Goff 14 Daughter
Susan M Goff 13 Daughter

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Virgil Cooksey
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1920: Summer Shade, Metcalfe, Kentucky
House Number: Farm
Residence Date: 1920
Race: White
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Able to Speak English: Yes
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Virgil Cooksey 29 Boarder
Hubert Clemons 22 Head

1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Virgil Cooksey
Birth Year: abt 1893
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age in 1930: 37
Birthplace: Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1930: Virginia, Cass, Illinois, USA
Map of Home: Virginia, Cass, Illinois
Street Address: North Front Street
House Number: 181
Dwelling Number: 137
Family Number: 148
Home Owned or Rented: Rented
Home Value: 9
Radio Set: No
Lives on Farm: No
Age at First Marriage: 26
Attended School: No
Able to Read and Write: Yes
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Able to Speak English: Yes
Occupation: Farm Laborer
Industry: farm
Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker
Employment: Yes
Veteran: Yes
War: WW
Household Members Age Relationship
Edna Cooksey 38 Wife
Virgil Cooksey 37 Head

1940 United States Federal Census
Name: Virgel Cooksey
Respondent: Yes
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Kentucky
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Virginia, Cass, Illinois
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Virginia, Cass, Illinois
Residence in 1935: Virginia
Resident on farm in 1935: No
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 1000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 7th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members Age Relationship
Virgel Cooksey 48 Head
Edna Cooksey 47 Wife

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index
Name: William Virgil Cooksey
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 5 Jun 1919 Discharged
Event Place: Virginia, Cass, Illinois
Event Place (Original): City of Virginia, Illinois
Residence Place: Virginia, Illinois
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1891

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WWII Draft Registration:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Find A Grave
W Virgil Cooksey
BIRTH 1891
DEATH 1974 (aged 82–83)
BURIAL Walnut Ridge Cemetery
Virginia, Cass County, Illinois

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