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Polar Bear Roster

Soldier Summary

Ernest E. Birch

Military History

Rank: Private

Unit: United States. Army. Infantry, 339th. Machine Gun Company.

Serial Number: 2981340

Events
EventDatePlaceDetails
Residence1927Hesperia, MI
Residence1918Hesperia, MI
Returned from Russia06/30/1919 Hoboken, NJSailed aboard U.S.S. Von Steuben from Brest, France on June 22, 1919. Arrived in Hoboken, NJ on June 30, 1919. Transferred to Camp Merritt.
Sources

•The Polar Bear, vol. 3, no. 1 (Feb. 1927).