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Groom, Ozeller, PVT.
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Contact Info
Last Address Ponca City
Date of Passing Sep 29, 1987
Location of Interment Santa Ana Cemetery - Santa Ana, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates M-14-8-6
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Discharged from Active Duty on Jun 22, 1919, Camp Bowie, TX.
SSDI: Name shows as "Ozeller L. Groom"; SSDI=31 Aug 1899/Book=31 Jan 1899; SSN issued in California; Date and Place of Death: 29 Sep 1987 (verified) at 92407, San Bernadino, San Bernadino County, California.
Other Comments:
Name: Groom, Ozeller O. (SSDI)
Rank: Private
Home of Record: Ponca City, OK
DOB: Jan 31, 1899 (31 Aug 1899/SSDI)
POB: Gallaton, MO
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Groom
DOE: Active Duty: Feb 25, 1917
POE: Active Duty; Camp Travis, TX
DOS: Active Duty; Jun 22,1919
POS: Active Duty Camp Bowie, TX:
Remarks: With Company I, 144th Infantry Regiment, 36th Division. Sailed overseas on August 14, 1917. Action in Argonne, Chateau-Thierry. Wounded in Argonne by shrapnel, October 13, 1918, in hospital three (3) months.
Source;: "Honor Roll and Service Record: Kay County, OK, p. 47" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.
1917-1919, 521, 36th Infantry Division
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