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.