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Re: Seeking my grandfather's WWI military records
Elliot Schneider Mar 14, 2021 9:44 PM (in response to Kathy Meissner)Kathy,
You have any additional information name, DOB, and place of birth?
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Re: Seeking my grandfather's WWI military records
Kathy Meissner Mar 15, 2021 2:34 PM (in response to Elliot Schneider)Name Johan (Johnnie) Kuehl
Born in Clay County, MN
Lived in Sabin MN
dob 1/13/??? 1897?
son of Bendix and Henrietta Kuehl
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Re: Seeking my grandfather's WWI military records
Elliot Schneider Mar 16, 2021 7:45 PM (in response to Kathy Meissner)Ms. Meissner,
Here is some information below. Served in the 5th Calvary at Ft. Bliss, TX prior to going to the Mexican Boarder for patrol.
Name: Johnnie Kuehl Birth Date: 13 Jan 1897 Death Date: 3 Apr 1981 Branch 1: ARMY Enlistment Date 1: 20 Oct 1918 Release Date 1: 9 Sep 1919 In 1916, the Regiment was dispatched to the Mexican border to serve as part of the Pancho Villa Expedition commanded by General John "Black Jack" Pershing. Commanded for part of its border service by William Jones Nicholson,[11][12] the Regiment crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico and was successful in stopping the border raids conducted by bandits of Pancho Villa who had expanded their criminal operations into the United States, and had brought death to American citizens. The Regiment remained with the Punitive Expedition in Mexico, until 5 February 1917. When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the 5th Cavalry was selected to remain stateside and defend against incursions along the Mexican border.[10]
After several relocations, in October, the Regiment moved into Fort Bliss, relieving the 8th Cavalry Regiment. Following the Mexican Punitive Expedition, the 5th Cavalry Regiment was spread throughout Texas helping safeguard wagon trains, patrolling the Mexican border and training.[10] In 1918, airplanes and tanks had emerged from World War I as the weapons of the future. However, the long history of the Cavalry was not finished. The cavalry remained as the fastest and most effective force for patrolling the remote desert areas of the Southwest and Mexican border. Airplanes and mechanized vehicles were not reliable enough or adapted for ranging across the rugged countryside, setting up ambushes, conducting stealthy reconnaissance missions and engaging in fast moving skirmishes with minimal support. In many ways, it was just the beginning of a new era. 5th Cavalry troopers were getting into frequent, small scaled combats with raiders, smugglers and Mexican Revolutionaries along the Rio Grande River.[7] In one skirmish in June 1919, four units, the 5th and 7th Cavalry Regiments, the 8th Engineers (Mounted) and 82nd Field Artillery Battalion (Horse) saw action against Pancho Villa's Villistas. On 15 June, Mexican snipers fired across the Rio Grande and killed a trooper of the 82nd Field Artillery who was standing picket duty. In hot pursuit, the troopers and the horse artillery engaged a column of Villistas near Ciudad Juárez. Following a successful engagement, the cavalry expedition returned to the United States side of the border.[7]
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Re: Seeking my grandfather's WWI military records
Kathy Meissner Mar 17, 2021 1:20 AM (in response to Elliot Schneider)Thank you! This is wonderful information!
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Re: Seeking my grandfather's WWI military records
Shannon KernerMar 16, 2021 12:02 PM (in response to Kathy Meissner)
Dear Ms. Meissner,
Thank you for posting your request on History Hub!
We suggest that you request a copy of his Official Military Personnel File (OMPF). OMPFs and individual medical reports for those who served in the U.S. Armed Forces and who were separated from the service before 1959 are in the custody of NARA's National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis. In many cases where Army and Army Air Corps personnel records were destroyed in the 1973 fire, proof of service can be provided from other records such as morning reports, payrolls, and military orders, and a certificate of military service will be issued. Navy and Marine Corps OMPFs were not affected by the fire. Please complete a GSA Standard Form 180 and mail it to NARA's National Personnel Records Center, (Military Personnel Records), 1 Archives Drive, St. Louis, MO 63138-1002. For more information see Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF), Archival Records Requests.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NPRC will continue servicing requests ONLY associated with medical treatments, burials, and homeless veterans seeking admittance to a homeless shelter. If your request is urgent, please see Emergency Requests and Deadlines. Please refrain from submitting non-emergency requests such as replacement medals, administrative corrections, or records research until NPRC returns to pre-COVID staffing levels. Please check archives.gov/veterans for updates to the NPRC operating hours and status. We apologize for any inconvenience.
We hope this is helpful. Best of luck with your family research!
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Re: Seeking my grandfather's WWI military records
Kathy Meissner Mar 17, 2021 1:20 AM (in response to Shannon Kerner)Thank you!
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