George Aubrey Erven
April 2, 1895 - July 1, 1965Iowa Corporal Company D 13 Engineers
Son of George and Ida (McAfee) Erven, buried in the Manning Cemetery
Wives Loretto (Wickham) Erven & Cora (White) Erven
Service Number 163527
Branch Army, 13th Engineers, Company D
Departure Marseille, France on April 28, 1919, at New York, New York
Enlistment June 2, 1917
Discharge May 15 1919
Letters from Audubon boys in France brings the war closer to
our people than ever before. George Erven received a letter from his son and he
stated that they were on the water on their way to France. He could not tell on
what vessel they were nor where they would land in France or when they expected
to land. The letter had passed the censor.
Evening Times-Republican, Marshalltown, Iowa, August 11, 1917
George Erven is buried in the Manning Cemetery.
Section A Row #25 north - south.