Service Number -3166248

Enlisted 25 May 1918
Discharged 31 May 1919

- Enroute to France Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: George Ringer
Departure Date: 26 Jul
Departure Place: Newport News, VA
Residence Place: Hunt W VA
Next of Kin: Mr W T Atkinson
Relationship: Uncle
Ship: Duke D Aosta
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3166248
Notes: 24th Provisional Company July Replacement Infantry Draft (White)

Company L, Headquarters Platoon

16 October 1918 - Personnel Report - Gun Shot Wound Right Hip - To Hospital 13 October.

31 October 1918 - Monthly Roster: Sick-in-Hospital.

30 November 1918 Company Roster; Listed as Dropped on November 3rd.

31 January 1919 Monthly Roster (Gonderange, LUX): Rejoined Company on Jan 12, 1919.

- 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). - Personnel Report 16 October 1918 - GSW Right Hip - To Hospital 13 October. - Muster Roll Oct 1918 A.E.F. France: Listed as Private. Sick-in-Hospital. - Company Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as Private. Dropped Nov 3rd.. - Company Roster January 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. ReJoined Company L on Jan 12, 1919. - Company Roster February 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Absent Sick 26 Feb 1919. - Company Roster March 1919 A.E.F. Gonderange, Luxembourg: Listed as Private. Rejoined 1 March 1919. - Company Roster April 1919 A.E.F.: Listed as Private.

Return to U.S., Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists
Name: George Ringer
Departure Date: 9 May 1919
Departure Place: Brest, France
Arrival Date: 17 May 1919
Arrival Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Residence Place: New Milton, West Virginia
Mother: Tennie Ringer
Ship: Mt Vernon
Military Unit: CO. L 132 INF.
Rank: Private
Service Number: 3, 166, 248
Notes: COMPANY "L", 132ND. INFANTRY 33RD. DIVISION

WWI Victory Medal with battle Clasps

Purple Heart With Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster

Post War Occupations / Bio:

in the 1940 United States Federal Census
Name: George Ringer
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Home in 1940: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Street: Clendenin
Farm: No
Inferred Residence in 1935: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Residence in 1935: Charleston
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
House Owned or Rented: Owned
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 3000
Attended School or College: No
Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 4th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939: 0
Income: 0
Income Other Sources: Yes
Native Language: English
Veteran: Yes
Military service: World War
Social Security Number: No
Usual Occupation: Carpenter
Usual Industry: Building Construction
Usual Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work
Household Members Age Relationship
George Ringer 44 Head
Leona Ringer 39 Wife
Violet Ringer 21 Daughter. Note: Listed on death certificate.

WWII Draft Registration:

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

North Carolina, Death Certificates
Name: George Ringer
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 68
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1891
Birth Place: Salem W VA
Residence Place: Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia
Death Date: 2 May 1960
Death Place: Oteen, Buncombe, North Carolina
Father: George Ringer
Mother: Christina Skinner
Daughter: Violet Boardman, Charleston, W.VA.
Comments: VA Hospital, Otten, WV. Occupation: Handyman.

Miscellaneous:

Gold Service Chevron: Noted in Headstone Application, was awarded for 6 months service in a war zone.

Research in process