1898 - Yes, date unknown
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Name |
William Boone Douglass |
Birth |
7 Apr 1898 |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
Yes, date unknown |
Person ID |
I78443 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
30 Oct 2023 |
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Notes |
- erved in Great War as member of 472nd Engineer Corps of U. S. A. He enlisted as a volunteer, July 7, 1918, at St. Joseph, Mo., in 472nd Engineers, but seeing no chance to get "over sea" service, he secured a transfer to the Chemical Warfare Service, as he was specializing in chemistry at Cornell University, at the time of his enhstment. (His military services are recorded in the Cornell Class Book of 1920.) He was an instructor in the use of gas masks and the manufacture of gas bombs, having been given a special course of training in these subjects. He was listed for over-sea service when the war closed, and honorably discharged, 23 Dec, 1918. He wll be graduated from Cornell University in 1922. March 30, 1921, he was elected to Al-Djebar, an honorary society in the Department of Chemistry, Cornell University.
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