Background
TERRY, Carl C. was born on March 12, 1892 in Girard, 111. Son of Herman Russell and Mary Etta (Kirwin) Terry.
TERRY, Carl C. was born on March 12, 1892 in Girard, 111. Son of Herman Russell and Mary Etta (Kirwin) Terry.
Country Schools; Virden High School, 1910. Shurtleff College, Bachelor of Science, 1913. Coast Artillery School, Basic Course, 1917.
Battalion Officers’ Course, 1920-1921. Army Industrial College, 1925-1926.
Taught Science, Commercial Courses, Township High School, Assumption. 111., 1913-1914. Hoopeston, 111., High School, 1914-1915. Enlisted in Army at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.
1915 to Fort Dade, Florida, 1915. Appointed Corporation, 1916. Sergeant, September 1916.
Second Lieutenant. December 1916. First Lieutenant, June 1917. Captain 1918; transferred to Ord.
Department, 1921, promoted to Major, Ord. Department. since 1928. Served in France, Battery and Battalion Commander.
62nd Artillery, (C.A.C.) and with Army Service Corps, July, 1918. to July, 1919.
Member: American Legion: Veterans, of Foreign Wars. Army Ord. Association: Sojourners. Heroes of 76; Masons.
Army & Navy Lodge No. 306, Virginia.
Spouse Florence M. Field, September 23, 1927, Annapolis, Maryland.
