Leslie Straley
Personal Information
Birthplace: Ellsworth, KS
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army
Unit: Company K, 406th Infantry
Theater of Operation: Other
Enlisted / Commissioned: Nov 17, 1942
Discharged: Feb 22, 1943
Highest Rank: Private
Honored By: Les Shively
Biography
Leslie Straley was born in 1903 in Ellsworth, KS. He enlisted in the Army in 1942 at the age of 39 years old at Fort Leavenworth, KS. After 3 months and 16 days he was honorably discharged, to accept employment in the essential War Industry at Camp Maxey, TX on 2/22/1943. Straley died in 1984 and is buried in The Buckeye Cemetery in Kanopolis, KS.
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