Cooney, Elgy E., PVT

Deceased
 
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Final Rank
Private
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last 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
Infantry
Private
Five Service Stripes
Two Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Year of Birth
1897
 
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Contact Info
Last Address
Tonkawa
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Not Specified

 Official Badges 

Wound Chevron (1917-1932) Infantry Shoulder Cord World War I Victory Button Badge of Military Merit

Cold War Medal WWI Discharge Pin (Wounded) Army Honorable Service Lapel Pin (1920-1939) World War I Honorable Discharge Chevron




 Unofficial Badges 

Warriors Medal Of Valor Cold War Veteran




 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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 National Guard Awards


 
 Unit Assignments
1st Battalion, 137th InfantrySurgical/Evacuation Hospital Units
  1918-1919, 521, HHC, 1st Battalion, 137th Infantry
  1918-1919, 657, 37th Evacuation Hospital
 Combat and Non-Combat Operations
  1918-1918 World War I/Champagne-Marne Campaign/Battle of Chateau-Thierry
  1918-1918 World War I/St. Mihiel Campaign
  1918-1918 World War I/Meuse-Argonne Campaign
  1918-1923 Occupation of Germany, 1919 to 1923
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