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Soldier Summary

Ewald Henry Billeau

Military History

Rank: Sergeant

Unit: United States. Army. Engineer Regiment, 310th. Company A.

Serial Number: 2031394

Medals Awarded
  • Meritorious Service Medal (M.S.M.)
Notes

Was promoted from Corporal to Sergeant while in North Russia.

Collection

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Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
Birth1890
Residence1918Petoskey, MI
Discharged1919Camp Sherman (Ohio)
Left for Russia07/21/1918New York, NY
Arrived Archangel, Russia09/1918
Sources

•Ewald H. Billeau letter, Oct.1918

•The history of the American expedition fighting the Bolsheviki; campaigning in north Russia 1918-1919

•Engineers rosters, National Personnel Records Center, St. Louis, MO