Name: John Christy
Serial Number: 1965202
Race: W
Residence: 1755 E. 55th St., Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Division: National Army
Enlistment Location: Cleveland, O.
Enlistment Date: 2 Oct 1917
Birth Place: Philadelphia, PA.
Birth Date / Age: 28 5/12 Years
Assigns Comment: 158 Depot Brigade to 22 May 1918; Quartermaster Corps School for Bakers & Cooks Cp Sherman O to 29 Dec 1918; School for Bakers & Cooks Cp Merritt NJ to 17 June 1919; School for Bakers & Cooks Cp Lee Va to Discharge Cook 15 Oct 1917; Private 1 March 1918; Cook 15 Apr 1918; Sergeant, first class 1 Aug 1918. Honorable discharge 21 Aug 1919.
Volume #: 3

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Birth: 1889
Death: 1975

World War I Veteran

Burial:
Ashland Cemetery
Ashland
Ashland County
Ohio, USA

Created by: Bill Miller
Record added: Jul 15, 2008
Find A Grave Memorial# 28304184

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Have you tried the VA yet? See what they have on him in his file.

He couldn't have disowned all that much. He used the name Howard for his son.

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Good luck,

Frank

PS. He must've of been one of two things:

1. a good cook
2. Gung ho for the Army

And then again, both to reach SFC.