Broyles, Watkins A., 1894-

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Born 1894. Served as a Sergeant with the 4th Missouri National Guard on Mexican border patrol, 1916. Attended the Officers Training Camp at Fort Riley, Kansas, 1917. Commissioned a Lieutenant in 1917 and served in France in 1918-1919 with Company I, 355th Infantry. Honorably discharged, 1919. Graduated with a degree in medicine in 1924. Recalled to active duty in 1942 with the rank of Major. Served in Europe and North Africa with the 3rd Auxiliary Surgical Group, 1942-1945. Returned to the United States and assigned to the station hospitals at Camp Brady and Kenedy, in Texas, 1945.

From the description of The Watkins A. Broyles papers, 1916-1981. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 25790594

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creatorOf Broyles, Watkins A., 1894-. The Watkins A. Broyles papers, 1916-1981. U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center
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Texas--Camp Kenedy
Texas--Camp Brady
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Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1894

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