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Elwood Earl Betz
Lilah Crowe2023-03-27T14:54:12-05:00
- Name: Elwood Earl Betz
- Location of Birth: Iron River, Michigan
- Date of Birth: August 23, 1892
- Date of Death: January 26, 1947 (54 years old)
- Parents: Leonard and Bertha Betz
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- Branch: Army
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- Date of Discharge: May 14, 1919 (Military Date)
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- Military Highlights:
Company B 162nd Infantry
Registration card information from June 5, 1917:
Elwood was 24 years old when he registered, was employed by William McVeigh in Grand Rapids, Minnesota as a teamster. Elwood was single and was Caucasian. He was medium height, medium build, had brown eyes, and dark hair.
Information in the United States, Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939:
Name: Elwood E. Betz
Departure Date: September 23, 1918
Departure Place: Hoboken, New Jersey
Address: 614 Winnipeg Avenue
Residence Place: Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Mother: Bertha Betz
Ship: President Grant
Rank: Private
Notes: Camp Mac Arthur September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company #13 Infantry
- Wars Involved:
World War I
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- Civilian Life:
Buried in Itasca Calvary Cemetery at Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (Plot I-D-11-1-1)
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