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Around 1919, the Kansas State Historical Society and the American Legion solicited biographical information from returning veterans (primarily members of the 35th and 89th infantry divisions) and the families of those who died in service, notably from the Gold Star Mothers. Each veteran or family member was asked to provide letters, photographs, a biography, and military records. This file contains information on Chester Merle Tooley, Company L, 139th Infantry, 35th Division. He was born in Decatur, Illinois, on February 5, 1899, but his family moved to Wellington, Kansas, when he was three years old. He attended schools in Wellington.
Creator: Tooley, Chester M.
Date: 1918-1919
Item Number: 225282
Call Number: World War I Coll. #49, Box 45 Kansas Soldiers
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 225282
Collections - Manuscript - World War I
Date - 1910s - 1918
Date - 1910s - 1919
Military - Service - Army - Infantry
Military - Wars - World War I - 35th Division
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Wellington
Places - Counties - Sumner
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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