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Soldier's Discharge Record

SOLDIER'S FORM

 

#1108
   
Name: Delbert Rentschler Filed: May 26, 1919
  Freda Katschkowsky
            

         County Recorder.

 

HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY

To All Whom it May Concern:

THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That     Delbert Rentschler

#4010601   Private 1/c 18th Co. 157th Depot Brigade

          

THE UNITED STATES ARMY, as a Testimonial of Honest and Faithful Service, is herby HONORABLY DISCHARGED from the military service of the UNITED STATES by reason of    Authority Telegram A. G. O.  Dec. 3, 1918.

 

Said   Delbert Rentschler was born in    Garber
in the State of    Iowa When enlisted he was    22     years of age

and by occupation a   Farmer

He had  Brown   eyes,  Red  hair, Fair  complexion, and was   5   feet   10 1/2  inches in height.

      Given under my hand at    Camp McClellan, Ala.

This    10    day of     Dec. ,    one thousand nine hundred and     eighteen

       
    William L. Kennedy  
    Major Inf.  
      Commanding.

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ENLISTMENT RECORD

 

Name   Delbert Rentschler Grade   Private First Class
Enlisted, or Inducted,   Aug. 20    1918, at  Elkader, Iowa
Serving in     First     enlistment period at date of discharge.
Prior service  None

Noncommissioned officer   none

Marksmanship, gunner qualification or rating     never qualified

Horsemanship     Not mounted

Battles, engagements, skirmishes, expeditions  none

Decorations, Medals, Citations:    None

Knowledge of any vocation    Farmer

Wounds received in service    none

Physical condition when discharged     Good

Typhoid prophylaxis completed  Sept. 13, 1918

 

Paratyphoid prophylaxis completed   Sept. 13, 1918  

Married or Single    Single

Character   Very Good

Remarks: 

Honest and faithful services.
No absence without leave or Court Martials.
 
 
  (Signature of Soldier) Delbert Rentschler
    John E. Nolan
    Capt. Inf.
    Commanding  18 Co. 157 D. B.
     
 

 

~ source: Clayton County, Iowa Discharges. LDS microfilm #1516914 Item #6

~transcribed by Constance Diamond