Corporal Lee D. Sly was the son of Thomas B and Amanda Dovie (Hall) Sly from Eureka on the Ohio River in extreme southwest Indiana, 24 mile east southeast of Evansville. Born 10 Oct 1893 in Spencer County, Lee was a stove mounter for the Advance Stove Works. Lee had a twin sister, Lillian O. Sly, and two younger brothers. In the 1910 census he was a 16 year old delivery boy for the local grocer in Boon township.
Lee Sly enlisted 15 Sep 1917 in Chicago and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; transferred to Camp Colt, Pa., and then to Camp Greene, NC. Sent overseas 16 April, 1918. Assigned to Company B, 60th Infantry.
Corporal Sly was in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 1st Corp of US First Army. Corporal Sly was killed in action on the 5th day of the Saint Mihiel offensive near Rembercourt. The 5th Division is on the right flank of the 2nd and the left flank of the 90th in the southeast corner of the Saint Mihiel map in replies below. The line of advance by September 16 puts them near Rembercourt-sur-Mad.
From Sons of Men: Evansvilles War Record:
Lee D. Sly feared that his wife, who was sickly, would prevent him from enlisting. At the same time he yearned to do his part in the war. Not disclosing his intentions, he asked his wife to go to Boonville to his parents, presumably to help them in canning work. While she was there, he left for Chicago to enlist in the service. A few days later, when she returned to Evansville, she found a bundle which contained his civilian clothes.
He was born in Spencer County, October 10, 1893. When his school days were over he came to Evansville at the age of sixteen, and began work at the Crescent Stove Works. He was ambitious to learn the trade of the stove mounter. Later, when he completed his period of preparation for his trade, he worked for the Advance Stove Company until he entered the service. On February 15, 1913 he married Miss Goldie May.
He entered the service September 15 , 1917. His first training station was at Gettysburg, Pa. Later he was transferred to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. The date of his sailing for France and the details of his military career and experiences across the sea, are unknown. He was killed in action, September 16, 1918, at the time when the A.E.F. were preparing for the first phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Lee Sly enlisted 15 Sep 1917 in Chicago and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; transferred to Camp Colt, Pa., and then to Camp Greene, NC. Sent overseas 16 April, 1918. Assigned to Company B, 60th Infantry.
Corporal Sly was in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 1st Corp of US First Army. Corporal Sly was killed in action on the 5th day of the Saint Mihiel offensive near Rembercourt. The 5th Division is on the right flank of the 2nd and the left flank of the 90th in the southeast corner of the Saint Mihiel map in replies below. The line of advance by September 16 puts them near Rembercourt-sur-Mad.
From Sons of Men: Evansvilles War Record:
Lee D. Sly feared that his wife, who was sickly, would prevent him from enlisting. At the same time he yearned to do his part in the war. Not disclosing his intentions, he asked his wife to go to Boonville to his parents, presumably to help them in canning work. While she was there, he left for Chicago to enlist in the service. A few days later, when she returned to Evansville, she found a bundle which contained his civilian clothes.
He was born in Spencer County, October 10, 1893. When his school days were over he came to Evansville at the age of sixteen, and began work at the Crescent Stove Works. He was ambitious to learn the trade of the stove mounter. Later, when he completed his period of preparation for his trade, he worked for the Advance Stove Company until he entered the service. On February 15, 1913 he married Miss Goldie May.
He entered the service September 15 , 1917. His first training station was at Gettysburg, Pa. Later he was transferred to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. The date of his sailing for France and the details of his military career and experiences across the sea, are unknown. He was killed in action, September 16, 1918, at the time when the A.E.F. were preparing for the first phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Corporal Lee D. Sly was the son of Thomas B and Amanda Dovie (Hall) Sly from Eureka on the Ohio River in extreme southwest Indiana, 24 mile east southeast of Evansville. Born 10 Oct 1893 in Spencer County, Lee was a stove mounter for the Advance Stove Works. Lee had a twin sister, Lillian O. Sly, and two younger brothers. In the 1910 census he was a 16 year old delivery boy for the local grocer in Boon township.
Lee Sly enlisted 15 Sep 1917 in Chicago and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; transferred to Camp Colt, Pa., and then to Camp Greene, NC. Sent overseas 16 April, 1918. Assigned to Company B, 60th Infantry.
Corporal Sly was in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 1st Corp of US First Army. Corporal Sly was killed in action on the 5th day of the Saint Mihiel offensive near Rembercourt. The 5th Division is on the right flank of the 2nd and the left flank of the 90th in the southeast corner of the Saint Mihiel map in replies below. The line of advance by September 16 puts them near Rembercourt-sur-Mad.
From Sons of Men: Evansvilles War Record:
Lee D. Sly feared that his wife, who was sickly, would prevent him from enlisting. At the same time he yearned to do his part in the war. Not disclosing his intentions, he asked his wife to go to Boonville to his parents, presumably to help them in canning work. While she was there, he left for Chicago to enlist in the service. A few days later, when she returned to Evansville, she found a bundle which contained his civilian clothes.
He was born in Spencer County, October 10, 1893. When his school days were over he came to Evansville at the age of sixteen, and began work at the Crescent Stove Works. He was ambitious to learn the trade of the stove mounter. Later, when he completed his period of preparation for his trade, he worked for the Advance Stove Company until he entered the service. On February 15, 1913 he married Miss Goldie May.
He entered the service September 15 , 1917. His first training station was at Gettysburg, Pa. Later he was transferred to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. The date of his sailing for France and the details of his military career and experiences across the sea, are unknown. He was killed in action, September 16, 1918, at the time when the A.E.F. were preparing for the first phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Lee Sly enlisted 15 Sep 1917 in Chicago and was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Mo.; transferred to Camp Colt, Pa., and then to Camp Greene, NC. Sent overseas 16 April, 1918. Assigned to Company B, 60th Infantry.
Corporal Sly was in the 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division, 1st Corp of US First Army. Corporal Sly was killed in action on the 5th day of the Saint Mihiel offensive near Rembercourt. The 5th Division is on the right flank of the 2nd and the left flank of the 90th in the southeast corner of the Saint Mihiel map in replies below. The line of advance by September 16 puts them near Rembercourt-sur-Mad.
From Sons of Men: Evansvilles War Record:
Lee D. Sly feared that his wife, who was sickly, would prevent him from enlisting. At the same time he yearned to do his part in the war. Not disclosing his intentions, he asked his wife to go to Boonville to his parents, presumably to help them in canning work. While she was there, he left for Chicago to enlist in the service. A few days later, when she returned to Evansville, she found a bundle which contained his civilian clothes.
He was born in Spencer County, October 10, 1893. When his school days were over he came to Evansville at the age of sixteen, and began work at the Crescent Stove Works. He was ambitious to learn the trade of the stove mounter. Later, when he completed his period of preparation for his trade, he worked for the Advance Stove Company until he entered the service. On February 15, 1913 he married Miss Goldie May.
He entered the service September 15 , 1917. His first training station was at Gettysburg, Pa. Later he was transferred to Camp Greene, Charlotte, N.C. The date of his sailing for France and the details of his military career and experiences across the sea, are unknown. He was killed in action, September 16, 1918, at the time when the A.E.F. were preparing for the first phase of the Meuse-Argonne offensive.
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