Neville's Petition for Naturalization under Section 701 of the Nationality Act of 1940 states that he entered the U.S. Army on 12 November 1942 and was honorably discharged in March; his army serial number appears on the petition as 32626752.
The source identifies Neville as a private in the Medical Detachment, 4011th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
Date (happened)
19 November 1942
unresolved
19 November 1942
stated · preferred
Why
Medical Detachment, 4011th Armored Field Artillery Battalion.
Reasoning
Both the record summary and first-person account state the draft/service began 19 November 1942.
12 November 1942
stated · probable
Source
petition item (9), 'I entered the U.S. army ... November 12, 1942'
Why
OCR renders the line as 'edlovamber_12,..1942_'; the day and year are legible, the month name is not, and November is what the corpus independently states.
Reasoning
The naturalization petition states the date he entered the U.S. Army. This is the first DAY-level date for his induction anywhere in the corpus — event 823 carries only 1942-11 at qualifier 'between', and passage 549527 likewise gives only the month. The document is a sworn form, so the day is reliable; confidence is probable rather than certain only because the scan's OCR is degraded elsewhere on the same page.
19 November 1942
stated
Reasoning
Neville gives the full induction date explicitly. Passage 556956 independently corroborates the year 1942 and his age as nearly thirty-eight.
before 1963
bound · possible
Reasoning
Qualifying passage ids [544148] belong to telling lecture nids [1780]. Each listed lecture contributes the selected safe envelope year 1963 (MAX of its non-refuted delivery years); 1963 is the MIN across telling lectures.
before 10 May 1963
bound
Why
Tightens the phase4 L6a envelope from before 1963 to before 1963-05-10.
Reasoning
L6a envelope tightened to the telling day of nid 1780 (certain delivery 1963-05-10); same premise, finer precision. The phase4 L6a bound on this event is `before 1963`, an envelope over delivery YEARS computed without reading text. Its premise is that the fact is true by the time it is told; on that same premise the DAY of the telling is a strictly better upper bound. Nothing is re-decided — the bound is stated to the precision the evidence always supported. The delivery claim for 1963-05-10 on nid 1780 is held at `certain` by the corpus, which is what carries this claim. #2274; the L6a row stands beside this one.
c. November 1942
estimated · probable
Why
M7 dating pass (529; 525's readers, packet 004)
Reasoning
Drafted into the U.S. Army 1942-11-19 (events 7100, 20363, 17271); naturalisation followed on 1943-07-28 (event 1485), consistent with 'I was then not a citizen'. 'Within a week' of writing back he was A1, and 'in the immediate present' drafted, so the notice and classification fall shortly before 19 November 1942.
Told / reported
29 March 1968
stated
Reasoning
Passage 537719 is in lecture 1344, dated 1968-03-29 certain.
10 June 1968
stated
Reasoning
Passage 538348 is in lecture 1366, independently dated 1968-06-10 by catalogue and recovered chrome.
after 1955
bound · probable
Reasoning
Passage 556956 is in lecture 4006; only an after-1955 probable delivery bound exists, so the told claim preserves that bound.
2 April 1971
stated
Reasoning
Passage 541867 is in lecture 1526, dated 1971-04-02 certain.
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