Comments regarding Sergeant George COLBY
Military related information: Service Number -None Enlisted 7 May 1917 Illinois National Guard 2nd Infantry, Company L. Corporal. Enlisted May 7, 1917; Mustered August 3, 1917 and reported for duty July 25, 1917. Discharged January 23, 1918. Company L Muster Roll, November-December Camp Logan, Texas: Absent furlough from 25 October to 24 November. Did not deploy to France. Medically discharged from Camp Grant, IL, 23 January 1918.
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George COLBY at Camp Logan, Texas (c1917)
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| George is wearing his uniform and his left sleeve shows Corporal rank insignia. Just above the cuff are three service chevrons. Since he never went to France, it is assumed these are from his first enlistment. So assume he served at least 18 months somewhere out of the country. Barbara Metzger, daughter of Lee Reuter the Company Clerk researched and discovered that George was 'very sloppy' with the year of his birth; she pinned it down to 1897 as he is 3 in the 1900 census and 13 in the 1910 census. Since he was in the army in 1914 he enlisted at a very young age or else he was given the choice of the army or jail which was a common option at the time. |
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Death Information: Date; Age; Cause; Burial Location
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Miscellaneous: United States, Veterans Administration Master Index
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