Lewis Combs, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American admiral
Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1895
Date of Death: 20-May-1996
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Lewis Combs
- Lewis Barton Combs (April 7, 1895 in Manchester Center, Vermont – May 20, 1996 in Red Hook, New York) was a United States Admiral who helped found and direct the famed "Seabees" construction battalions in World War II. Born in 1895 to Louis D.
- and Stella Burgess Combs, at age 10 he became a golf caddy at the local course in Manchester, Vermont.
- On occasion he caddied for Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the 16th president.
- His family moved to Rensselaer, New York in 1907, where he attended the prestigious Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (class of 1916), having earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.
- He went to work as a maintenance engineer for the New York Central Railroad.
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