Elbert County GaArchives Military World War I Leon Lumpkin Eavenson Military Record ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Chandler Eavenson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007294 Military Record - World War I Leon Lumpkin Eavenson His Honorable Discharge from the United States Army, dated 30 Jul 1919 at Camp Gordon, GA reflects he enlisted on 22 Jul 1918 at Elberton, GA at the age of 24, was assigned to the 315th Labor Bn., Quartermaster Corps, from 29 Aug 1918 to 26 Jul 1919, left the United States on 3 Sep 1918, served in the American Expeditionary Force in France, arrived back in the United States on 22 Jul 1919, was appointed Sergeant on 1 Sep 1918 which was his rank upon discharge. His Army Serial Number was 3995301. [Submitter's notes: He was born on 13 May 1894 in Elbert Co., GA, the son of William Allen Eavenson and Roxie Ella Adams. He died on 10 Dec 1971 in DeKalb Co., GA. His brother Paul Paschal Eavenson also served in the Army with the AEF in France from July 1918 to July 1919 and was in the Meuse- Argonne conflict.] Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson