WWIJ0000502-A
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Last Name: James
First Name: Ollie
Middle Name:
Army Serial Number: 3686474
Race: African American
Branch: Army or Marines
Town or City of Residence: Greencastle
County of Residence:
Place of Birth: Greencastle, Indiana
Date of Birth: 01/28/1888
Age:
Is this card a reverse side? (Indicated by "-B"): no
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Date of birth: "Jan 1888". Put "01/xx/1888" to match 'MM/DD/YYY(Y)' format: "Dates: Use the format MM/DD/YYY for dates."
Hello Buell! Thank you for doing so! Additional records show that this soldier's full date of birth to be 01/28/1888. The transcription has been updated accordingly. In future, when filling out dates that are not complete use the format MM/DD/YYYY and just fill in the information given. For example, for this date of birth the format would be 01/DD/1888. -MH