53024_0336

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.: Shelby County (Tenn.)

Name in full (Last name, First name Middle name, e.g., York, Alvin C.): Bigelow, William S.

Date of birth - Year Month Day - e.g., 1895 November 2: 1893 March 7

Where born, Town (if any), and County and State - e.g., Memphis (Tenn.): Shelby County (Tenn.)

Name of parents - separate with semicolons ; (Last name, First name Middle name): Carpenter, Alice R.

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

Name of nearest kin (Last name, First name Middle name): Carpenter, Alice R.

Date of entering service - Year Month Day - e.g., 1917 May 11: 1914 January 1

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

Branch of service (Army, Navy, Marines) E.g., Infantry or Artillery is Army.: Infantry

Company: I

Regiment: 117^th

Division: 30^th

Rank when first in service: Assistant Band Leader

Date of sailing: 1918 May 14

Date of arrival in Europe: 1918 May 27

Battles: Ypres, Hindenburg Line, Bellicourt, Nauroy, Molain

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