Donald M. Wallace, 1918 (ms92_45_02_13)
We are pleased to share that materials detailing the World War I service of Donald M. Wallace (from the Wallace Family Papers, MS-92) are now freely available online, anytime, through the Wright State University Campus Online Repository, at CORE Scholar: Wallace Family Papers (Ephemera and Photographs). The materials include several official documents pertaining to Wallace’s service, a diary, and photographs.
Wallace was inducted into the U.S. Army on September 19, 1918, at Springfield, Ohio. He was sent to SATC (Students Army Training Corps) Ohio Mechanics Institute at Cincinnati, where he drilled and trained for three months. He was honorably discharged with the rank of private on December 20, 1918.
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