Dayton, Albert S.
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

Date of Enlistment: Sept. 19, 1917
Military Camps to which went:
* Camp Upton, N.Y.
Units to which belonged:
* Hq. [Headquarters] Troop. Hq. Enlisted Detachment, 77th Division
Date of trip overseas: March 28, 1918
Service there:
* Baccarat Sector, June 21 to Aug. 4, 1918
* Vesle Sector, Aug. 11 to Aug. 18, 1918
* Oise-Aisne Offensive, Aug. 18 to Sept. 16, 1918
* Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Sept. 26 to Nov. 11, 1918
Date of return: April 25, 1919
Date of demobilization: Oct. 27, 1919
Honors received: Sergeant Major. Appointment as Army Field Clerk declined in France. Recommended for appointment as 1st Lieutenant J.A.S.D. Appointed Army Field Clerk and Chief Clerk, Judge Advocate's Office, Camp Upton, upon return from France.

 

 

NOTES
History of the Seventy Seventh Division, August 25, 1917-November 11, 1918 (Longwood's Journey) -- includes brief accounts of each sector and campaign
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/seventy.htm

Camp Upton (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
http://www.bnl.gov/about/history/campupton.php