| Military related information:
Service Number -2871259
Inducted 26 May 1918 at Philadelphia, Mississippi
Discharged 13 march 1919
at Camp Shelby, Mississippi
Lists of Men Ordered to Report to Local Board for Military Duty, 1917–1918
Name: Richard Wooten
Primary Industry: Farmer
Gender: Male
Entrainment Date: 26 May 1918
Entrainment Camp: Camp Pike, Little Rock, Arkansas
Local Board: Neshoba, Mississippi
Residence Year: Abt 1918
Enroute to France; Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Richad Wooten
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 30 Jul 1918
Departure Place: New York
Residence Place: Dever Miss
Spouse: Lonnie Wooten
Ship: Ieucer
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2871 259
Notes: Camp Pike July Automatic Replacement Draft Infantry Company #4
- Company L Morning Report 4 October 1918: Private; assigned to 132nd Infantry, per D.S.O No. 239, Para. 11, dated Oct 2, 1918. Assigned to Company L, 2 October per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO). - Company L Personnel Report 13 October 1918: Gassed. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital.
- Company L Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Dropped Nov 3rd.
- 19 December 1918: Assigned to Company A, 162nd Infantry.
Enroute to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: Richard Wooten
Gender: Male
Departure Date: 8 Feb 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 19 Feb 1919
Arrival Place: New York
Residence Place: Dever, Mississippi
Spouse: Lonnie Wooten
Ship: Canopic
Military Unit: Co "A" 162d Infantry
Rank: Private
Service Number: 2,871,259
Notes: Company "A" 162d Infantry
WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps |
Purple Heart
October 1918
Personnel Report |
Mississippi, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919
Name: Richard Wooten
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: from 1917 to 1919
Event Place: Philadelphia, Neshoba, Mississippi
Event Place (Original): Philadelphia, Miss
Residence Place: Philadelphia Neshoba Mississippi
Age: 26
Military Unit Note: Co L 132 Inf
Enlistment Date: 26 May 1918
Military Final Rank: Pvt
Birthplace: Union Miss
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index (see above)
Name: Richard Wooten
Event Type: Military Service
Private. Casual Company Number 10
S/N 2871259
Enlisted: 26 May 1918
Event Date: 13 Mar 1919 Discharged
Event Place: St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Residence Place: Flora, Miss.
Birth Date: 14 Jun 1892 (NOTE: 11 June 1891 on WWI Draft Registration)
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