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Stevenson Paul Lewis
Graduating Class of 1917
Served in World War I
124th Field Artillery Battalion
French Army
Argonne Forest, France
Location of Burial
More About First Lieutenant Lewis
First Lieutenant Lewis volunteered in the American Field Service in March 1917, a month after his graduation from the university. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army in December, 1917, and took a course at the artillery school at Saumur where he joined the 124th Field Artillery as a Second Lieutenant.
His bravery and fearlessness was one that was often compared to a love of danger, in fact, he wrote that his biggest fear was being recalled from the front in order to train new soldiers. In September, a month before his death, he wrote: "I hope the end will come soon, but I will never leave the line until I am absolutely incapable of any service—then perhaps I can help in the S.O.S. in France. You must wait until it's all over before I return."
On October 31, 1918, as he moved towards an observation post to adjust his battery's fire, he was killed by a shell in Bois de Bantheville, Argonne.
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