In 1930, he was hit by a train in Barstow, San Bernardino County, CA as he was trying to free his car from the train tracks.
The paperwork for his military headstone was incorrectly filled out [spelling of his first name in error as "Lewlie"]. Elsie was only 19 with a one-year old baby. She didn't have the means to correct the headstone.-Information courtesy grand-daughter-in-law and Find A Grave volunteer LH via email November 24, 2017.
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Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Duggins, from California Death Index Records.
In 1930, he was hit by a train in Barstow, San Bernardino County, CA as he was trying to free his car from the train tracks.
The paperwork for his military headstone was incorrectly filled out [spelling of his first name in error as "Lewlie"]. Elsie was only 19 with a one-year old baby. She didn't have the means to correct the headstone.-Information courtesy grand-daughter-in-law and Find A Grave volunteer LH via email November 24, 2017.
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Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Duggins, from California Death Index Records.
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