Martin O. Leslie

World War I
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Fallen

Bryant, SD

County:
Ward

Date of Loss:

Branch of Service:
Army

Rank:
Cpl.

Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
Company B, 126th Infantry

Circumstances:

Killed in action on Oct. 6, 1918.

Buried in Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, France.

Name included on the All Veterans Memorial at State Capitol in Bismarck ND.

Information found in Volume 3, page 1881 of the Official Roster of North Dakota Soldiers, Sailors and Marines.

Biography:

Not a registrant, enlisted prior. Born, Bryant, S. Dak., Aug. 22, 1896, of American parents. Occupation - laborer. Enlisted in Company D, 2nd Infantry, Minnesota National Guard, at Rochester, Minn., on Feb. 26, 1917. Called into federal service, World War, on July 15, 1917. Served in Company D, 2nd Infantry, Minnesota National Guard (Company D, 136th Infantry), to March 25, 1918; Camp Cody April Replacement Draft, to April 21, 1918; Company D, 163rd Infantry, to April 27, 1918; Company B, 126th Infantry, to death. Grades: Private 1st Class, Nov. 1, 1917; Corporal, July 20, 1918. Overseas from April 6, 1918, to death. Engagements: Offensives: Aisne-Marne; Oise-Aisne; Meuse-Argonne. Defensive Sector: Center (Alsace).