Boxley, Virgil, Cpl

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
521-Basic Soldier

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1918-1919, 604, HHC, 1st Battalion, 357th Infantry

Service Years
1917 - 1919

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Kansas

Year of Birth
1896

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Contact Info

Last Address Kaw City
Date of Passing Apr 01, 1956

Official Badges

Army Honorable Service Lapel Pin (1920-1939)

Unofficial Badges

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Honor Roll and Service Record, Kay County, Oklahoma (Gold Star Mothers) 1920.

SSDI Search. SSN issued in Oregon;

Other Comments:

Name: Boxley, Virgil J.
Rank: Corporal
Home of Record: Kaw City, OK
DOB: Apr 13, 1896
POB: Freeport, KS
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Boxley, Kaw City, OK
DOE: Active Duty: Oct 1, 1917
POE: Active Duty: Ft. Travis, TX
Date of Discharge: Jun 19, 1919
Place of Discharge: Camp Pike, AR
Assignment: Company E, 357th Infantry Battalion, 90th Infantry Division
Location of Unit: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne Offensive; Villers en Haye, Puvenelle Sectors; Wounded Sep 12, 1918.
Awards and Decorations: WWI Victory Medal, Purple Heart.
(SOURCE: "Honor Roll and Service Record, p. 20" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.)

World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign/Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Phase 2
From Month/Year October / 1918	To Month/Year October / 1918
Description In the second phase (4-31 October) the First Army, after the inexperienced divisions had been replaced by veteran units, slowly ground its way through the third German line.