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Boxley, Virgil, Cpl.
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Contact Info
Last Address Kaw City
Date of Passing Apr 01, 1956
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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 3
From Month/Year
November / 1918
To Month/Year
November / 1918
Description Before the third and final phase (1-11 November) of the offensive got under way, many of the exhausted divisions of the First Army were replaced, roads were built or repaired, supply was improved, and most Allied units serving with the A.E.F. were wi