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Local soldiers listed for commission and postings abroad
A lengthy roster lists many officers and enlisted men from several camps including Fort Taylor Fort Shelby Camp Shelby Fort Sheridan and Camp Taylor bound for commissions or assignments in the National Army and U S Navy as they await destination details and status reports. The names span ranks from lieutenant to sergeant and include aviation personnel hospital corps and radio school students with future postings to France Great Lakes and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil, Eikenberry
Infantry
National Army
Fort Taylor
Saville
Leroy Finkenbiner
National Guards
Fort Shelby
Hattiesburg
Harold Overstreet
Camp Shelby
George
Middleton
Ieutenant
Norman Pritchard
Fort Sheridan
Earl Cover
Ralph Shepherd
Gettysburg
Hugh Lowery
Hempstead
L. I
Wil. Nelp
John Bailey
Will C. Smock
Charles Pritchard
Howard Book
Alva Kincaid
Sam Harris
Courtland Yount
Russell Klyver
Lee Williams
Lewis Merrill
Battery A
Rainbow Division
France
Wallace Rosas
Tay
Lor
Hugh Vandivier
Camp Taylor
Warren Hall
Okel. McClain
Paul, Shafer
Ordinance Department
National Guard
Hattienburg
Miss
James Whipple
Co. M
Fort Harrison
Reid McCain
Victor A. Hunt
Signal Engineering Department
Reuben Craig
Wayne Merrill
U.8. Navy
Charles Saunders
U. S. Navy Training School
Great Lakes
Walter Richardson
Hospital Corp
Arthur Kincaid
Robert Sellers
Hospital Corps
Honolulu
Donald B. Wyrick
U. S, Navy
Reyburn Chamberlain
Texas
Hallie Hamilton
Irvin McDonald
Harry Gilmore