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Pvt JOSEPH P. BILLITZ, USMC
Pvt Billitz's records
indicate he enlisted March 17, 1914 and by the end of April he was in Vera
Cruz. He bounced around the usual stops in the "Banana Wars" and arrived in
France aboard the Henderson Aug 23 1917. He joined Co A (15th), 6th Machine Gun Battalion,
as a replacement on October 23, 1918. (serial number #286441)
 The brothers Billitz, Valentine of the "16th" on the left
and Joseph on the right, meeting up while in France, or possibly Germany.
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Special thanks to
B. A. Bodiford III
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Please contact me if you
have any further information on this Marine.
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