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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.: Davidson County (Tenn.)

Name in full (Last name, First name Middle name, e.g., York, Alvin C.): Bowers, Cecil David

Date of birth - Year Month Day - e.g., 1895 November 2: 1898 November 22

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

Name of parents - separate with semicolons ; (Last name, First name Middle name): Bowers, James; Bowers, Ida

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

Name of nearest kin (Last name, First name Middle name): Bowers, Ida

Date of entering service - Year Month Day - e.g., 1917 May 11: 1917 March 10

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

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

Company:

Regiment: Good Ship

Division: "Utah"

Rank when first in service: App (Apprentice) Seaman

Date of sailing: 1918 August 29

Date of arrival in Europe: 1918 September 11

Battles:

Casulaties: