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Pvt. Victor A. Bingham
US Army
from:Barbourville, KY
Victor A. Bingham from Barbourville, KY was born in Scalf, Knox County on the 20th of March 1895. He enlisted on the 24th of 1918 and trained at Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, KY and Camp Asbury, NJ. Prior to arrival in Flanders he had a bout of Measles. He served 11 months with the Infantry and was wounded on the 2nd of November 1918 on the Verdun Front in France during the last major battle, WWI ended one week later. The bullet entered his right shoulder and lodged in the heart wall, it was never removed. Prior to release from the Convalescence Center he contracted Spanish Flu. Victor was awarded a Purple Heart and an Honorable Discharge from Camp Zachary Taylor Convalescence Center.

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