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County - e.g., Haywood County (Tenn.) If no county is listed at top of card, use county of the place they entered service. If that is out of state, use the birth county.: Wilson County (Tenn.)

Name in full (Last name, First name Middle name, e.g., York, Alvin C.): Bender, Edgar

Date of birth - Year Month Day - e.g., 1895 November 2: 1894 December 27

Where born, Town (if any), and County and State - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Mount Juliet (Tenn.); Wilson County (Tenn.)

Name of parents - separate with semicolons ; (Last name, First name Middle name): Bender, Plesant; Bender, Laura

Place of their birth - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Wilson County (Tenn.)

Name of nearest kin (Last name, First name Middle name): Bender, William; Bender, Finley; Bender, Rocker

Date of entering service - Year Month Day - e.g., 1917 May 11: 1918 April 22

Place of entering service e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Lebanon (Tenn.)

Branch of service (Army, Navy, Marines) E.g., Infantry or Artillery is Army.: Engineers, Priv. 2650677. 10^th Engineers 4^th B+S DV

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Rank when first in service: Private

Date of sailing: 1918 July 10

Date of arrival in Europe: 1918 July 21

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