VMI Archives Historical Rosters: James Heath Ewell

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James Heath Ewell

Roster ID 5571
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First Name:	James
Middle Name:	Heath
Last Name:	Ewell
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Affiliation:	Class of 1909
Biography & Genealogy:	World War I Record: First Lieutenant, Coast Artillery, A.E.F. In command of first Anti-Aircraft Battery. Returned to U.S. As Instructor at Fort Monroe. In a few months returned with a detachment of trained troops, but died of pneumonia on board of ship as he approached the shore of England, October 18, 1918.

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