Battery F, 335th Field Artillery (Michael J. Skelly)

…from Adjutants Generals Office Form No. 724-1 No. 22, 1919 (held at Missouri State Archives)
Surname : Skelly     
Christian name : Micheal (sic) J.     
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Residence : 1305 Hickory St, St. Louis, MISSOURI
Inducted at : St. Louis, MO on Sept 19/ 1917
Place of Birth : St. Louis, MO     
Age or Date of Birth : 31 1/12 years
Organizations Served in, with dates of assignments and transfers : Co G 35(?) Inf to Nov 6/17; Btry F 335 FA to disch
Grades, with dates of appointment : Corp Dec 6/17; Sgt Jan 10/18; 1st Sgt May 19/18; Sgt May 18/18
Engagements : None      
Wounds or other injuries received in action : None
Served overseas from : Sept 1/18 to Mch 5/19
Honorably discharged on demobilization : Mch 21/19
In view of occupation he was, on date of discharge, reported : zero percent disabled
Remarks : None
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State of Missouri

Adjutant General’s Office

Biography and Service Record of

(name here) Michael J. Skelly

Residence : 1503a Franklin and…

When discharged : March – 15th 1919

Name of organization in which soldier entered federal service, with rank or grade therein : 354th Infantry, Company G as Private

Date of enlistment, appointment or assignment therein : Sept 19th – 1917

If transferred, give new organization and dates : Transferred to 335th F. A. about Nov 17 – 17

Promotions. With dates and final rank : Sixth day of Dec 1917 to Corporal, 10th day of Jan 1918 to Sergeant

If killed or wounded, give date and battle : ----

If died or disease, give date and place : ----

Give names of battles in which engaged : ----

Give any service in the National Guard, Regular Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection or on the Mexican Border, naming organization, name and rank : ----

Born : (where) St. Louis, MO   (when) Aug 21st, 1886

Occupation : Painter

Nationality : Irish

Maiden name of wife : Miss Effie Parfitt

Children : Boy and Girl

Parents : Both dead

School or College attended : Laclede and Sherman

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State of Missouri

Adjutant General’s Office

Biography and Service Record of

(name here) Michael J. Skelly

Present address : 1503 Benton St

Permanent address at time of entering federal service : 3108 Caroline St

Name of organization in which soldier entered federal service, with rank or grade therein : 89th Div Private

Date of enlistment, appointment or assignment therein : Sept 19 – 1917

If transferred, give new organization and dates : 87 Div Nov about 15 - 1917

Promotions. With dates and final rank : Corporal and final Sergeant

If killed or wounded, give date and battle : ----

If died or disease, give date and place : ----

Give names of battles in which engaged : ----

Give any service in the National Guard, Regular Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Spanish-American War, Philippine Insurrection or on the Mexican Border, naming organization, name and rank : ----

Born : (where) St. Louis, MO   (when) Aug 21 - 1886

Occupation : Painter

Nationality : Irish

Maiden name of wife : Miss Effie Parfitt

Children : Two - 2

Parents : None

School or College attended : Laclede Sherman and Drauton Bus.

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[More documents concerning his service : Discharge (1) & (2), Pension (3), French Phrase Book (4) & (5)]

 

Sources :

 

Ayres, Leonard P. The War With Germany. A Statistical Summary. The Official Record of the United States Part in the Great War. Secretary of War, Adjutant General's Office and National Alumni Association. circa 1921.


Discharge Card of Michael J. Skelly. Missouri States Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri. 1919.

Medal Application and Biography and Service Record of Michael J. Skelly.  Missouri Adjutant General’s Office, Jefferson City, Missouri (1919).  Held at the Missouri Historical Society. 

World War One Draft Records at the National Archives, Roll for City of St. Louis, 1917 (Roll and file numbers not recorded)

 

Personal communication with Hazel Skelly Webb, Kathleen Webb Ackerson, and Susan Webb Williams, St. Louis, Missouri and Washington, DC, 1981 - 2001, ongoing