Comments regarding Private Walter E. LE BEAU
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Service Number -1390882 on Manifest to France 1389882 on Manifest to US 1389888 Listed in Adjutant General 1917 roster of Illinois National Guard WWI service: Second Infantry, Company G, Chicago. Federalized as 132nd INF, Company L. Private, Enlisted 3 May 1917, Mustered 3 August 1917, Reported for Duty 25 July 1917 at East St. Louis, Illinois; Chicago 1 August 1917. Company L Muster Roll Mar-Apr 1918 Camp Logan, Houston Tx: Enlisted 3 May 1918. Listed as Private. Transferred to 132nd INF per SO#103 Headquarters 33rd DIV dtd 23 Apr 1918. Assigned to Co L, 132nd INF per Verbal Order Commanding Officer (VOCO) 23 Apr 1918. - Morning Report July 1918, DROPPED from roll per G.O. 111 sec 7 H/H A.E.P. dated 8 July 1918 on 10 July 1918.
Wound Certificate issued to Private Walter LeBeau
WWI Wound Certificate text is annotated with the soldier’s name, rank, and unit.
This certificate for Private Walter E. LeBeau who was assigned to Company L.
The certificate is in the LeBeau’s family collection. Certificate text: Columbia gives to her son the accolade of the new chivalry of humanity. Served with honor in the world war and was wounded in action. Woodrow Wilson (Simulated signature)
The Presidential Wound Certificate and the Presidential Killed in Action Certificate were both created by Woodrow Wilson and were awarded to those who were wounded and killed in action in World War I. The certificate was designed in 1919 and holders of these certificates were entitled to the Purple Heart when it came out in 1932. Each certificate was named to the individual and included his unit.
The history of the Wound Chevron is an interesting one. Beginning in 1917, the US Army began awarding the Wound Chevron to those who were wounded or killed as the result of enemy action. In 1921, President Wilson requested that artist E. H. Blashfield design an illustration for use on a certificate that would be presented to every veteran wounded in action during the recent World War. This design was later authorized for use in the official emblem of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War.
The Wound Chevron award was discontinued when General Washington’s Badge of Military Merit was revived as the Purple Heart award in 1932. President Truman signed an Executive Order on November 12, 1952 authorizing World War I recipients of the Wound Chevron to exchange their award for the Purple Heart.
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