Lindsay, Harvey Lee
Title
Lindsay, Harvey Lee
Last Name
Lindsay
First and Middle Name
Harvey Lee
Hometown
Portsmouth, Virginia
County and/or State
Norfolk
Birth Date
November 19, 1895
Birthplace
Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia
Death Date
September 30, 1969
Place of Death
Portsmouth, Norfolk, Virginia
Parents
Ambrose Harvey Lindsay and Indiana Bain
Siblings
Mary A. and Dorothy Lindsay
Spouse(s)
Katherine Darden
Children
Catherine, Indie, and Harvey Lee Lindsay Jr.
VPI Graduating Class
Class of 1916
Undergraduate Major
Civil Engineering
Graduated
yes
Service Branch
army
Unit
314th Machine Gun Battalion, 80th division, 3rd platoon of Company A
Rank
2nd lieutenant
Retired Rank
2nd lieutenant
Military Events
Battle of Meuse-Argonne
Other Events
For their honeymoon, he and his wife went to Europe.
Postwar Life
He went back home, got married, started a family, and he also started a real estate business in Norfolk, that still exists today. It is owned by his son.
Occupation
He was a Civil Engineer before the war, then he became a real estate agent after the war
Bibliography
Furr, Herman R., R. A. Horner, W. L. Lukens, and A. R. Merritt. 1919. 314 machine gun battalion history, Blue Ridge (80th) Division.
http://digitalcollections.powerlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sstlp-wwi/id/724
http://digitalcollections.powerlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sstlp-wwi/id/724
Files
Collection
Citation
“Lindsay, Harvey Lee,” VPI in World War I, accessed November 4, 2025, http://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/51.
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