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Jester, David, SGT.
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Contact Info
Last Address Blackwell
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Discharged from U.S. Army, Dec 6, 1919, Fort McPherson, GA.
Other Comments:
Name: Jester, David L.
Rank: Sergeant
Home of Record: Blackwell, OK
DOB: Feb 11, 1899
POB: Khaka, MO
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Jester
POE: Active Duty: (1 Jan 1917)
POE: Active Duty: Camp Logan, CO
DOS: ActiveDuty: Dec 6, 1919
POS: Active Duty: Fort McPherson, GA
Remarks: Oversea 15 months, action in Mihiel, Argonne Forest, Chateau-Thierry and the Battle of Somme.
Source: "Honor Roll and Service Record, Kay Co, OK, p.61" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.
World War I/Cambrai Campaign
From Month/Year
November / 1917
To Month/Year
December / 1917
Description Cambrai, 20 November - 4 December 1917. The year that America entered the war was marked by near disaster for the Allies on all the European fronts. A French offensive in April, with which the British cooperated, was a failure, and was followed by widespread mutinies in the French armies. The British maintained strong pressure on their front throughout the year; but British attacks on the Messines Ridge (7 June), at Ypres (31 July), and at Cambrai (20 November) failed in their main objective-the capture of German submarine bases-and took a severe toll of British fighting strength. Three American engineer regiments-the 11th, 12th, and 14th-were engaged in construction activity behind the British lines at Cambrai in November, when they were unexpectedly called upon to go into the front lines during an emergency. They thus became the first A.E.F. units to meet the enemy.
