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question: how would a gas casualty be classified on a WW1 discharge?


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Marchville1918

I believe that gas casualties were entitled to a wound chevron, but did their discharge say gassed or wounded or not wounded?

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For what it's worth, I have a couple of discharges for soldiers who were gassed. On each of the discharges it says "gassed" under "Wounds Received in Service".

Dennis

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If gassed bad enough to warrant medical attention at the time, it would likely show up on a discharge paper as would a wound.

 

Many doughboys claimed to be (and were) gassed, but didn't end up in a hospital immediately, in which case it would not necessarily show up as a "wound".

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This is my great-grandfather's discharge record which marks gas under his wounds received (and did qualify or a wound stripe). His platoon was hit directly by a mustard shell (landed about 15 feet away from him) and the guys were unable to get their masks on in time. He was evacuated and spent about 8 months in the hospital recovering before he was allowed to go home, it was a pretty serious injury.

 

You'll notice it says mustard and chlorine as according to his company unit history, it was part of a creeping barrage that was launching both types at their line. E0319A78-7356-4760-B4CE-DE56BDEB53A5.jpeg.3bf5adb01ef44f61d6e2fa86e9d5235b.jpeg

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