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Subject: Cockrell.Melvin.Casper.ww1.1917.Breckinridge.MILITARY-Other


World War 1 Draft Registration Card ww1 Breckinridge County KyArchives Military Other

World War 1 Draft Registration Card
WORLD WAR I DRAFT CARD "A"  (5 June 1917)
 
REGISTRATION CARD
Registration number:  17
First name:  Melvin
Middle name:  Casper
Family name:  Cockrell
Age in years:  25
Home address:
No.
Street:
City:  Stephensport
State:  Kentucky
Date of birth (month, day, year):  August 31, 1891 Natural Born Citizen Where were you born?
Town:  Tobinsport
State:  Indiana
Nation:  USA
Present trade, occupation, or office?  Farming By whom employed?  Ernest Smith Where employed?  near Stephensport Town Have you father, mother, wife, child under 12, or a sister or brother under 12, solely dependent on you for support (specify which)?  wife Married or single?  married
Race:  Caucasian  (white)
What military service have you had?  none Do you claim exemption from draft (specify grounds)?  Support of wife Registrant's signature or mark:  his signature, Melvin Casper Cockrell
 
REGISTRATION REPORT
DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT
Height:  medium
Build:  medium
Color of eyes:  gray
Color of hair:  brown
Bald:  no
Has person lost arm, leg, hand, foot, eye, or both eyes or is he otherwise disabled (specify)?  none I certify that my answers are true.......
Signature of Registrar:  Jess H. Miller
Precinct:  Stephensport
City or County:  Breckinridge
State:  Kentucky
Date of Registration:  June 5, 1917


Submitted by: Dana Brown
http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00005.html#0001067



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