Source: August 1917 casualty
American citizen.
Family Search: When Private Ivan Chester Wilson was born on 10 November 1896, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, his father, Herbert Sterliine Wilson, was 31 and his mother, Mary Deborah Wixon, was 28. He lived in Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1896 and Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 19, his occupation is listed as painter in Blenheim, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 August 1917, in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France, at the age of 20, and was buried in Aix-Noulette, Pas-de-Calais, France.
“Killed by shell bursting on road.” on 21 August 1917.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 