LeVerne A. Belding was born on December 21, 1898 in Waucoma, Fayette County, Iowa. He was the son of Herbert Hooker Belding and Effie Rockwood Belding. LeVerne graduated with honors from public school in Waucoma in 1917. He was a member of the class of 1917, and was awarded his diploma at the time of his enlistment, April 30, 1917. He spent six weeks in training at Ft. Des Moines, then was transferred to Camp Dodge, where he remained until September 28, when he was sent to Camp Cody at Deming, New Mexico. Here he remained until June 15, 1918, when the Sand Storm Division of which he was a member, went east, and embarked for service overseas. Upon arrival in France, he was placed in a radio school; when his work there was finished he was transferred to the 26th Division, and was upon the firing line for several weeks. He was originally buried in France in the Glorieux Cemetery near Verdun (Oct. 22nd, 1918) and later disinterred and returned to the U.S. for burial in July 1921.

There is a World War I memorial plaque in the Waucoma cemetery that honors Le Verne and two other Waucoma soldiers who lost their lives in World War I. The local American Legion in Waucoma is named in honor of these 3 soldiers - the Belding-Fox-Slagle post.
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