ISOB William Smith Ely - US Army Air Service, WW1
Details:
Section F1, grave 38
A civilian headstone; a cross with an inscribed base. The cross has been set in its back as it has become unstable standing on the base.
The Isolated Burial (ISOB) of 1st Lieutenant William S. Ely Jr.
1LT Ely was a 1917 graduate of Harvard and pilot in the US Army Air Service during World War 1. He was killed in an accident near this site in January 1918.
Source:
http://www.worldwar1.com
Monument Text:
WILLIAM S. ELY JUNr
1st Lieut Air Service
AMERICAN
EXPEDITIONARY FORCES
Lower Base:
Born Rochester, New York
18 November 1895
Killed 2 January 1918
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)
US Army Air Service
US Army Aviation Signal Corps
Wars:
WWI
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