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Maj Ernest Wilson Levering

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Maj Ernest Wilson Levering Veteran

Birth
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death
28 May 1919 (aged 36)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial
Suresnes, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France Add to Map
Plot
Plot B Row 1 Grave 16
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Son of George K and Jane Wilson Levering; born October 30, 1882, Lafayette, Ind. Manufacturer's agent. Enlisted in US Regular Army August, 1917, Indianapolis. Stationed at Washington, D.C.; commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Ordnance Department. Transferred to Arsenal at Rock Island. Promoted to Captain. Embarked September, 1918. Served as member of General Staff at Tours. Promoted to Major. Died of pneumonia May 28, 1919, Red Cross Hospital No 3, Paris, France. Buried in Suresnes Cemetery, near Paris.


Awarded the Order of University Palms, Officer of Academy (France) By instruction and Fine Arts Paris, November 20, 1919. No specific citation of record.


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Son of George K and Jane Wilson Levering; born October 30, 1882, Lafayette, Ind. Manufacturer's agent. Enlisted in US Regular Army August, 1917, Indianapolis. Stationed at Washington, D.C.; commissioned 1st Lieutenant, Ordnance Department. Transferred to Arsenal at Rock Island. Promoted to Captain. Embarked September, 1918. Served as member of General Staff at Tours. Promoted to Major. Died of pneumonia May 28, 1919, Red Cross Hospital No 3, Paris, France. Buried in Suresnes Cemetery, near Paris.


Awarded the Order of University Palms, Officer of Academy (France) By instruction and Fine Arts Paris, November 20, 1919. No specific citation of record.


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  • Maintained by: familyroots04
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55953445/ernest_wilson-levering: accessed ), memorial page for Maj Ernest Wilson Levering (30 Oct 1882–28 May 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55953445, citing Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial, Suresnes, Departement des Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France; Maintained by familyroots04 (contributor 46832660).