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Farnsworth, B, Pvt.
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Contact Info
Last Address Ponca City
Official Badges
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Discharged from Army at Camp Pike, AR, on Jun 19, 1919.
(Last Unit of Assignment: Company H, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, France)
Other Comments:
Name: Farnsworth, B. E.
Rank: Private
Home of Record: Ponca City, OK
DOB: Jun 20, 1890
POB: Buchanan, WV
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Farnsworth, Ponca City, OK
DOE: Active Duty: Oct 4, 1917
POE: Active Duty: Camp Travis, TX
DOS: Active Duty: Jun 19, 1919
POS: Active Duty: Camp Pike, AR
Remarks: Overseas (France) with Company E, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Divison (later transferred to Company H). Action in St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne.
Source: "Honor Roll and Service Record, p. 43" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.
Image
WWI Victory Medal - 1918
Name of Award WWI Victory Medal
Devices
Silver Star Gallantry Device
Worn on the Medal for Gallantry (predecessor of the Silver Star Medal)
Year Awarded 1918
Last Updated: Mar 30, 2016
This ribbon does not rate any devices for subsequent awards
Details Behind Award
Remarks: Overseas (France) with Company E, 357th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Divison (later transferred to Company H). Action in St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne.
