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Details for Ward B. Threatt

Rank: Unit: Branch of Service: Enlistment Date:
Private 120th Field Artillery, Battery D Army Unavailable


Date of Birth: Place of Birth: Date & Place of Death: Age at Death:
about 1890 Unavailable Date: Unavailable
Place: Unavailable
Unavailable
Burial Link: Unavailable
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Additional Information

Employers: Postal Carrier in 1918
Biographical Notes:
A letter he wrote his parents from Saumur, Main et Loire, France on 2/16/1919 was printed in The Charlotte Observer on 3/5/1919. According to the letter, he was working in an office but was still having to drill and ride horses.

He attended the American Legion Convention in Paris from September 19-24, 1927. At that time, he listed Charlotte, NC, as his hometown.
His name appears on the city draft list. These cards have not survived. He was white and 28 years old. He lived with Tromulus, Flonnie, Roy and Hester.

Source:
American Legion pamphlet; The Charlotte Observer 3/5/1919, 1918 city directory
***A note about our sources
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More information is available in the Robinson - Spangler Carolina Room.