Military related information:

Officers not issued service number.

VA Master Index File:

1918 September 26th. Enroute to France, assigned to Camp Mac Arthur Replacement Draft Company #11, Infantry.

Company L Roster November 1918 A.E.F.: Listed as 2nd Lt. Detached Service at 1st Corps Infantry School. - Company L Roster December 1918 A.E.F. Junglinster, Luxembourg: Listed as 2nd Lt. Detached Service (D.S.) at 1st Corps Inf. School.

Probably 1919: Temporarily assigned to HQ District, Paris.

1919 May 14th. Returned to US assigned to Company K, 132nd Infantry, on S.S. Kaaiserin Augusta Victoria sailing from Brest, France.

Post War Occupations / Bio:

United States, Census, 1900
Eau Claire, Richland, Camden District, South Carolina.
Birth February 1897, South Carolina
Parents Wm G Childs, Alice G Childs
Siblings Mary T Childs, Ellen H Childs, Eliza Edwards, Eugenia T Childs, Mannie Childs, Elizabeth Childs, Alice Childs.

Census 1940
School District 1 Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
Birth 1897. South Carolina
Spouse Frances S Childs
Children Elizabeth Childs, Frances S Childs

Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location 

Robert Gibbs CHILDS FindAGrave, has biography and photos.
findagrave.com/memorial/113734587/robert-gibbes-childs

Born 3 Feb 1897 Columbia, South Carolina -- Died 13 May 1971 age 74 Columbia, South Carolina
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina

Miscellaneous:

Listed as First Lieutenant on return manifest to US from France. Was assigned to HQ District, Paris.