Private US Army, during World War One.
Pvt Skellenger departed the U S for the battlefields of France o/a 1 Sep 1918; it is believed he died of disease (influenza aka Spanish Flu) on 12 Oct 1918 at the 45th Base Hospital, location as shown in "place of death" above.
Pvt Skellenger was a descendant of Jacobus Schellinger, (c1625-1693), who first brought the Schellinger surname from the Netherlands to the new world c1650.
Awards: WW1 Victory Medal.
Date of birth info found in two documents: Genesee Co birth record and WWI Draft Registration Card; both show year of birth as 1890.
Date of death found in the Michigan WWI Casualty List; pg 86
WW I 45th Base Hospital Website: https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/exhibits/show/basehospitalno45/influenza/influenzaandbasehospitalno45
Pvt Skellenger departed the U S for the battlefields of France o/a 1 Sep 1918; it is believed he died of disease (influenza aka Spanish Flu) on 12 Oct 1918 at the 45th Base Hospital, location as shown in "place of death" above.
Pvt Skellenger was a descendant of Jacobus Schellinger, (c1625-1693), who first brought the Schellinger surname from the Netherlands to the new world c1650.
Awards: WW1 Victory Medal.
Date of birth info found in two documents: Genesee Co birth record and WWI Draft Registration Card; both show year of birth as 1890.
Date of death found in the Michigan WWI Casualty List; pg 86
WW I 45th Base Hospital Website: https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/exhibits/show/basehospitalno45/influenza/influenzaandbasehospitalno45
Private US Army, during World War One.
Pvt Skellenger departed the U S for the battlefields of France o/a 1 Sep 1918; it is believed he died of disease (influenza aka Spanish Flu) on 12 Oct 1918 at the 45th Base Hospital, location as shown in "place of death" above.
Pvt Skellenger was a descendant of Jacobus Schellinger, (c1625-1693), who first brought the Schellinger surname from the Netherlands to the new world c1650.
Awards: WW1 Victory Medal.
Date of birth info found in two documents: Genesee Co birth record and WWI Draft Registration Card; both show year of birth as 1890.
Date of death found in the Michigan WWI Casualty List; pg 86
WW I 45th Base Hospital Website: https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/exhibits/show/basehospitalno45/influenza/influenzaandbasehospitalno45
Pvt Skellenger departed the U S for the battlefields of France o/a 1 Sep 1918; it is believed he died of disease (influenza aka Spanish Flu) on 12 Oct 1918 at the 45th Base Hospital, location as shown in "place of death" above.
Pvt Skellenger was a descendant of Jacobus Schellinger, (c1625-1693), who first brought the Schellinger surname from the Netherlands to the new world c1650.
Awards: WW1 Victory Medal.
Date of birth info found in two documents: Genesee Co birth record and WWI Draft Registration Card; both show year of birth as 1890.
Date of death found in the Michigan WWI Casualty List; pg 86
WW I 45th Base Hospital Website: https://gallery.library.vcu.edu/exhibits/show/basehospitalno45/influenza/influenzaandbasehospitalno45
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Son of C L Skellenger; also American Legion Marker
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