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Willie Francis Mathis - Irving, Dallas Co., Texas

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: Camp Travis Detachment #1

359^th Infantry, Co. F    Sept. 21, 1917 – March 1918

9^th Infantry Regiment, Co. B  March 1918 – Feb. 2, 1919

157^th Infantry, Co. I      Feb. 3, 1919 - Discharge

Army Serial Number: 251,495

Inducted: Sept. 21, 1917 Dallas, Texas

Promoted:

Army Discharge: April 26, 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – April 11, 1919

  Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

  Severely Wounded in Action July 18, 1918

  Features: Medium height, slender build, brown eyes, brown hair.

  Address: T22N – R25E Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory (1900)

  Address: Justice Precinct 2, Dallas Co., Texas (1910)

  WWI Service Card - Texas Military Forces Museum (2008)

Wife’s Name:

Fathers Name: John M. Mathis

(b. June 27, 1866 Texas)

(d. June 26, 1913 Texas) age 46

Kit Cemetery, Dallas, Texas

Mothers Name: Martha

Brothers: James, Thomas, and Bennett

Sisters: Birtha, Dealy, Minnie, Mary, and Anna

Civilian Occupation: Farmer (1917)

Born: June 1, 1894 Indian Territory, USA (Oklahoma)

Died: Jan. 3, 1965 Dallas Co., Texas

Cemetery: Kit Cemetery, Dallas, Texas

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