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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.
Shoulder/Sleeve Insignia:
World War I/Champagne-Marne Campaign/Battle of Chateau-Thierry
From Month/Year
July / 1918
To Month/Year
July / 1918
Description SThe Battle of Château-Thierry was fought on July 18, 1918 and was one of the first actions of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) under General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing. It was a battle in World War I as part of the Second Battle of the Marne, initially prompted by a German offensive launched on 15 July against the AEF, an expeditionary force consisting of troops from both the Army and Marine Corps, and the newest troops on the front.
On the morning of 18 July 1918, the French (some of them colonial) and American forces between Fontenoy and Château-Thierry launched a counter-assault under the overall direction of Allied généralissime Ferdinand Foch against the German positions. This assault on a 40 km (25 mi) wide front was the first in over a year. The American army played a role fighting for the regions around Soissons and Château-Thierry, in collaboration with predominantly French forces. The allied forces had managed to keep their plans a secret, and their attack at 04:45 took the Germans by surprise when the troops went "Over the Top" without a preparatory artillery bombardment, but instead followed closely behind a rolling barrage which began with great synchronized precision. Eventually, the two opposing assaults (lines) inter-penetrated and individual American units exercised initiative and continued fighting despite being nominally behind enemy lines.