Frank H. Bynum Service History

Title

Frank H. Bynum Service History

Date

1918 - 1919

Creator

["Bynum, Frank H. (Frank Hines), 1895-1991."]

Place

["France","England, United Kingdom","Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States","Camp Merritt (historical), Bergen County, New Jersey, United States","Camp Sevier (historical), Greenville County, South Carolina, United States"]

MARS ID

WWI 44

Document Details

Title

Frank H. Bynum Service History

Date

1918 - 1919

Creator

["Bynum, Frank H. (Frank Hines), 1895-1991."]

Rights

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Description

Frank H. Bynum's service history during WWI. It is handwritten detailing the dates and his whereabouts. Frank H. Bynum was inducted into military service in World War I on May 2, 1918, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He would serve in the U.S. Army, and was assigned to the 60th Infantry Brigade, 60th Infantry Division (“Old Hickory Division”), during the whole duration of his military service. Bynum was sent to Camp Sevier, South Carolina, before being transferred to Camp Merritt in New Jersey. He served in the Headquarters Detachment of the 60th Infantry Brigade, which was composed largely of North Carolina men. Bynum was a clerk in the Headquarters Detachment, and had regular involvement with the brigade’s commanding officer Samuel L. Faison. During his unit’s travel from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to England, Bynum’s troop transport ship was attacked by a German U-boat on June 2, 1918, in the North Atlantic Ocean. The ship survived the attack and landed in England two days later. Bynum’s unit arrived in Calais, France, on June 5, 1918. During his time in France, Frank Bynum was involved in a number of military campaigns, including operations at Bellicourt. Bynum remained with the 60th Infantry Brigade after Armistice Day, and was involved with the Allied occupation forces through March 1919. Bynum returned to the United States aboard the troop transport ship the U.S.S. Powhatan on March 26, 1919, from St. Nazaire, France. Frank Bynum arrived in the U.S. at Charleston, South Carolina, on April 10, 1919, and reported to Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. All told, Bynum served overseas in Europe during WWI from May 17, 1918 (when his transport ship left the United States), to April 10, 1919. He reached the rank of Sergeant on August 14, 1918. Frank Bynum was honorably discharged on April 14, 1919.

Subject

["United States. Army. Infantry, 60th","United States. Army. Infantry Division, 30th","World War, 1914-1918--North Carolina","World War, 1914-1918"]

MARS ID

WWI 44

Place

Time Period

["(1900-1929) North Carolina's industrial revolution and World War One"]

Digital Collections

["World War I"]

Source Collections

["World War I Papers. Military Collection. State Archives of North Carolina"]

Format

["Documents"]

Hosted By

["State Archives of North Carolina"]

Identifier

MilColl_WWI_44_Folder4_Bynum_ServiceHistory

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