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Chappell, Gilbert Rufus, PFC.
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Contact Info
Last Address Newkirk
Date of Passing Mar 15, 1970
Location of Interment Newkirk Cemetery - Newkirk, Oklahoma
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Discharged from Army on July 31, 1919, at Camp Pike, AR.
Honor Roll and Service Record, Kay County, Oklahoma, 1920: Gold Star Mothers;
SSDI Search: SSDI Match of DOB of Aug 3, 1894; SSN issued in Oklahoma;
Residence at time of death: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Date of Death: Mar 15, 1970;
Other Comments:
Name: Chappell, Gilbert R.
Rank: Private First Class
Home of Record: Newkirk, OK
DOB: Aug 3, 1894
POB: Newkirk, OK
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Chappell, Newkirk, OK
DOE: Active Duty: Oct 3, 1917
POE: Active Duty: Camp Travis, TX
DOS: Active Duty: July 31, 1919
POS: Camp Pike, AR
Remarks: With Company D, 132nd Machine Gun Battalion (132nd Infantry Regiment). 11 months overseas; Served in the Meuse-Argonne Offensives.
(Source: "Honor Roll and Service Record, p. 31", published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920)
Thirty-sixth, 36th Division (Texas and Oklahoma National Guard) Source No. 2: 36th (old 15) Division - Texas and Oklahoma. Trained at Camp Bowie in Fort Worth, Tex.
Nickname: Panther Division or Texas Division
141st, 142nd, 143rd, 144th Infantry (Inf.)
131st, 132nd, 133rd Artillery (Art.)
131st, 132nd, 133rd Machine Gun (M. G.)
111th Engineers (Eng.) Major General Commanding: W. R. Smith. Engaged: Argonne, Champagne.
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