Levitt, William J.., LT

Deceased
 
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Final Rank
Lieutenant
Last Service Branch
Civil Engineer
Last Designator
510X-Civil Engineer Corps
Last Designator Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1945-1946, 510X, Commander Construction Battalions Atlantic Fleet (COMCBLANT)
Service Years
1943 - 1946
Civil Engineer Lieutenant

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Home State
New York
New York
Year of Birth
1907
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Brooklyn, NY
Last Address
Services were held at Riverside Memorial
Chapels on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
Mr. Levitt was buried in the Mount Ararat
Cemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
Date of Passing
Jan 28, 1994
 
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Mount Ararat Cemetery, Farmingdale, Long Island

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LT William J. Levitt, USNR, Seabees WWII

 

Born Feb. 11, 1907, in Brooklyn, William Jaird Levitt, "Bill", attended Public School 44 and Boys High School. He studied for a time at New York University before becoming president of the construction company founded in 1929 by his father, a real estate lawyer. His building career was interrupted by World War II.

Mr. Levitt was drafted into the Navy Seabees during World War II at age 35 and was commissioned a lieutenant. Stationed at first in Hawaii, he was the manager of a 260 man U.S. Navy Construction Unit, and then in the states, Mr. Levitt worked on finding ways to construct buildings rapidly. Here, the seeds were planted for mass-produced residential construction, which he named "LEVITTOWN".

   
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  1943-1944, 510X, Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (Staff)
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Unit
Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (Staff) Unit Page

Rank
Lieutenant

NEC
510X-Civil Engineer Corps

Base, Station or City
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Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (Staff)

Type
Training
 

Parent Unit
Naval Education and Training Command (NETC) (Staff)

Strength
Center

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Last Updated: Dec 21, 2022
   
   
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Center for Seabees and Facilities Engineering (Staff)

Greene, William, S1c, (1943-1945) CB CB-0000 Seaman First Class

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