Piper, Elva Raymond

Title: Piper, Elva Raymond
Biography: He was aboard the transport RMS Walmer Castle (British ship used for US Troops transport) in 1918 and the USS Madawaska transport ship in 1919.
Member: Piper family
Birth date: 8 Sep 1895
Place of birth: Independence (Ky.)
Father: Piper, John B.
Mother: Hewling, Ollie Belle
Spouse(s): Perry, Myrtle Mildred
Child(ren): Piper, Alva Raymond; Piper, Ralph Edward; Smith, Barbara Jean Piper
Death date: 14 Jan 1964
Place of death: Florence (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Independence Cemetery (Kenton County, Ky.)
Military service: Battery A, 326 Field Artillery, 84th Division, U.S. Army
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Private First Class
Service began: 7 Oct 1917
Service ended: 8 Mar 1919
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #7117096
Source(s): U.S. Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passenger Lists, 1910-1939; Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965; Find A Grave.com; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1861-1985

Item sets: World War, 1914-1918--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County; Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County