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Infant Leitch

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Infant Leitch

Birth
Death
27 Feb 1895 (aged 25 days)
Burial
Sierra Vista, Cochise County, Arizona, USA GPS-Latitude: 31.5480222, Longitude: -110.3761972
Memorial ID
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INFANT OF SECOND LIEUTENANT JOSEPH DUGALD LEITCH
24TH U.S. INFANTRY
DIED 27 FEBRUARY 1885
LT. LEITCH WAS POST ADJUTANT AND POST SIGNAL OFFICER OF FORT HUACHUCA.
AS COMMANDER, B CO 24TH INFANTRY HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR AT THE BATTLE OF FT. SAN JUAN, CUBA. LATER AS A COLONEL USA.
HE WAS CHIEF OF STAFF, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN SIBERIA.
AS A MAJOR GENERAL HE COMMANDED THE 13TH DIVISION DURING WORLD WAR I
INFANT OF SECOND LIEUTENANT JOSEPH DUGALD LEITCH
24TH U.S. INFANTRY
DIED 27 FEBRUARY 1885
LT. LEITCH WAS POST ADJUTANT AND POST SIGNAL OFFICER OF FORT HUACHUCA.
AS COMMANDER, B CO 24TH INFANTRY HE WAS AWARDED THE SILVER STAR AT THE BATTLE OF FT. SAN JUAN, CUBA. LATER AS A COLONEL USA.
HE WAS CHIEF OF STAFF, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES IN SIBERIA.
AS A MAJOR GENERAL HE COMMANDED THE 13TH DIVISION DURING WORLD WAR I

Inscription

SCARED IN THE MEMORY OF INFANT DAUGHTER OF JOSEPH & MARGARET LEITCH
DIED FEB. 27, 1895 .
AGED 25 DAYS



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