Name:
John William Ivens
Rank:
Private First Class
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Unit:
2nd Field Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-06-24
State:
Arizona
Cemetery:
Arlington National Cem., Arlington, Virginia
Plot:
Section 18, Site 1435
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Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:
When John William Ivens was born on June 3, 1893, in Somerset, Kentucky, his father, Newitt, was 27 and his mother, Malinda, was 25. He had one brother and four sisters. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private First Class in Company C, 2nd Field Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division. He died on June 24, 1918 and is now buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.