Cooney, Elgy, PVT

Deceased

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Private

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
605-Heavy Machine Gunner

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1918-1919, 657, 37th Evacuation Hospital

Service Years
1917 - 1919

Official/Unofficial US Army Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Oklahoma

Year of Birth
1897

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Contact Info

Last Address
Tonkawa

Official Badges

Army Honorable Service Lapel Pin (1920-1939)

Unofficial Badges

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Discharged April 16, 1919, at Greanco, VA.

Other Comments:

Name: Cooney, Elgy E.
Rank: Private
Home of Record: Tonkawa, OK
DOB: Jan 19, 1897
POB: Nardin, OK
NOK: Mr. and Mrs. John Cooney, Tonkawa,OK
DOE: Active Duty: Dec 20, 1917
POE: Active Duty: Paris Island, SC
DOS: Active Duty: Apr 16, 1919
POS: Greanco, VA
Stateside Units: (1) 72nd Inf Bn; (2) 86th Inf Bn;
Overseas Units: (1) 137th Inf Bn; (2) 96th Inf Bn (France)
Combat Service at (1) Verdun; (2) Chateau-Thierry; (3) St. Mehiel (France)
Wounded twice.
(SOURCE: "Honor Roll and Service Record, p. 30" published by Blackwell Job Printing Company, Blackwell, OK, in 1920.)

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Oklahoma Active Duty Service Medal - 1918

Name of Award
Oklahoma Active Duty Service Medal

Year Awarded
1918

Last Updated:
May 13, 2016

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