WWI US AEF – Chaplain LeVeer – Table Service Crusifix and Wooden Box – 26th Division Yankee – Original Rare (Offer Accepted)

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Chaplain Arthur Joseph LaVeer was born along the Connecticut River in the Northeast Kingdom (a regional name) town of Bloomfield, Vermont on February 3rd, 1886. Commissioned as a 1st Lt. on August 22nd, 1918, LeVeer was quickly sent overseas to serve as a chaplain with the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the 26th “Yankee

Division.”Father LeVeer served at St. Norbert’s Church in Hardwick for the remainder of his life.

Photo – Found on the web, shows LeVeer in uniform and later in life. (Last 4 photos are reference only)

Incredibly rare items

If your interested in learning more about this Chaplain I was able to find very good info from this website; Thanks to Mr Gauthier.

https://portraitofwar.com/2017/02/28/wwi-26th-division-chaplain-photo-bloomfield-vt-native-arthur-leveer-in-france-1918/