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|birth_year=1920 | |birth_year=1920 | ||
|death_year=1988 | |death_year=1988 | ||
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|birth_place=Ellwangen, Germany | |||
|rank_final=Private | |||
|birth_date=5 October 1920 | |||
|specialty=Counter Intelligence | |||
|division=206 CIC Detachment | |||
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'''Irving Levi''' (1920–1988) was a | '''Irving Levi''' (5 October 1920–1988) was a German-born Ritchie Boy ([[Class 27]]) trained in counterintelligence and later associated with the 206 CIC Detachment. | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Irving Levi was born in Germany on 5 October 1920 to German-born parents and was naturalized in the United States. Before the Army he worked as a foreman supervising about sixty machinists making precision instruments for airplanes and time fuses; he had apprenticed in watchmaking in Europe and could read blueprints. He was fluent in German and typed in German and English. | |||
After engineer training at Fort Belvoir (October 1944) and infantry training at Camp Gordon (December 1944), he entered Camp Ritchie in February 1945 as a student in Class 27 (Counter Intelligence / CIC). Personnel cards record graduation around 5 April 1945 (certificate 10824; one card line reads “Class 87,” treated as a likely miswrite for Class 27). In late April 1945 he went on temporary duty to the University of Paris, later extended; he was alerted on 26 June 1945 and released from the station on 14 July 1945. His Personal History card lists organization 206 C.I.C. Detachment and an ETO remark. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* Personal History #1092 / ASN 42183003; CIC; no overseas service noted as of 3 Feb 1945; TDY University of Paris Apr–May 1945 | |||
* One service card says “Graduate … Class 87” while Personal History and roster use Class 27 — kept Class 27 / certificate 10824 | |||
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File:Levi_Irving_personal_history_card.jpg|Personal History card (Camp Ritchie / MITC) — Irving Levi | |||
File:Levi_Irving_service_cards_A_B.jpg|MITC service and specialty cards — Irving Levi | |||
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* Born 5 October 1920 in Germany. | |||
* 1944 — Enlisted as Pvt (ASN 42183003). | |||
* 5 February 1945 — Start of Class 27 (Counter Intelligence). | |||
* 5 April 1945 — Graduated Class 27. | |||
* 26 June 1945 — Alerted. Assignment: X-1473. To serve with CIC in ETO. | |||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* Camp Ritchie | * Dan Gross research archive (miscellaneous timeline-adjacent documents; not uploaded): Irving Levi Personal History and MITC service cards (files ''Levi_Irving_personal_history_card.jpg'', ''Levi_Irving_service_cards_A_B.jpg''; emergency-address details omitted) | ||
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data | |||
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records | |||
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | * NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present) | ||
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | * 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present) | ||
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2018-01-10 (2 posts) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Irving Levi for Camp Ritchie'' (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed) | |||
* Dan Gross, ''Timeline of Levi, Irving for Camp Ritchie'' (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: IRVING LEVI.doc) | |||