Second Leitenant Louis "Louie" Leidl -- World War I Veteran
Born: March 5, 1894
Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.
Died/Missing in Action: Oct. 14, 1918
Cunel, France
Also remembered in the Stonehenge Monument and IOOF Mountain View Cemetery.
His large army photo is displayed in the Presby Museum in Goldendale, Washington. A sign there gives his lively biography which is an excerpt from book Early Klickitat Valley Days by Robert Ballow:
LOUIS LEIDL
Born in Goldendale, March 5, 1894, son of Wendelin and Lisette (Kohler) Leidl. "Louie" Leidl attended Goldendale public schools and attended from Pullman College (now Washington State University) from 1915-1916, studying civil engineering.
Louis was a jolly, sociable chap, popular with everyone. He was known as an atchlete and exceled in track and field events in high school. As catcher for the Goldendale Athletic Association baseball club he was considered the best local backstop ever develped in Goldendale. His brother Babe was also a member of the team. They came from the Leidl Ranch on the Big Klickitat River with an old broken down motorcycle to practice and to play weekend games.
Soon after the U.S. entered World War I, Louie joined the Corps of U.S. Engineers at Seattle, Washington. He was shipped overseeas on December 9, 1917.
The war department reported Louis Leidl missing in action after the battle at Cunel, France on October 14, 1918, just 28 days before the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.
In a letter his father received in March 1919, his commanding officer said, "On the morning of October 14, our company went over the top with the Infantry at a point near Cunel, France, advancing and capturing two towns of Cunel and Romaign. Lieutenant Leidl was last seen going forward rapidly in the town of Cunel, under fierce enemy machine gun and shell fire of every description. He had picked up a rifle and was fighting in the same manner as his men... I can honestly say your son, Lieutenant Leidl, was a man of very high ideals and excellent qualitites, and his misfortune and separation from the organization has been greatly regretted by all who knew him."
Born: March 5, 1894
Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.
Died/Missing in Action: Oct. 14, 1918
Cunel, France
Also remembered in the Stonehenge Monument and IOOF Mountain View Cemetery.
His large army photo is displayed in the Presby Museum in Goldendale, Washington. A sign there gives his lively biography which is an excerpt from book Early Klickitat Valley Days by Robert Ballow:
LOUIS LEIDL
Born in Goldendale, March 5, 1894, son of Wendelin and Lisette (Kohler) Leidl. "Louie" Leidl attended Goldendale public schools and attended from Pullman College (now Washington State University) from 1915-1916, studying civil engineering.
Louis was a jolly, sociable chap, popular with everyone. He was known as an atchlete and exceled in track and field events in high school. As catcher for the Goldendale Athletic Association baseball club he was considered the best local backstop ever develped in Goldendale. His brother Babe was also a member of the team. They came from the Leidl Ranch on the Big Klickitat River with an old broken down motorcycle to practice and to play weekend games.
Soon after the U.S. entered World War I, Louie joined the Corps of U.S. Engineers at Seattle, Washington. He was shipped overseeas on December 9, 1917.
The war department reported Louis Leidl missing in action after the battle at Cunel, France on October 14, 1918, just 28 days before the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.
In a letter his father received in March 1919, his commanding officer said, "On the morning of October 14, our company went over the top with the Infantry at a point near Cunel, France, advancing and capturing two towns of Cunel and Romaign. Lieutenant Leidl was last seen going forward rapidly in the town of Cunel, under fierce enemy machine gun and shell fire of every description. He had picked up a rifle and was fighting in the same manner as his men... I can honestly say your son, Lieutenant Leidl, was a man of very high ideals and excellent qualitites, and his misfortune and separation from the organization has been greatly regretted by all who knew him."
Second Leitenant Louis "Louie" Leidl -- World War I Veteran
Born: March 5, 1894
Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.
Died/Missing in Action: Oct. 14, 1918
Cunel, France
Also remembered in the Stonehenge Monument and IOOF Mountain View Cemetery.
His large army photo is displayed in the Presby Museum in Goldendale, Washington. A sign there gives his lively biography which is an excerpt from book Early Klickitat Valley Days by Robert Ballow:
LOUIS LEIDL
Born in Goldendale, March 5, 1894, son of Wendelin and Lisette (Kohler) Leidl. "Louie" Leidl attended Goldendale public schools and attended from Pullman College (now Washington State University) from 1915-1916, studying civil engineering.
Louis was a jolly, sociable chap, popular with everyone. He was known as an atchlete and exceled in track and field events in high school. As catcher for the Goldendale Athletic Association baseball club he was considered the best local backstop ever develped in Goldendale. His brother Babe was also a member of the team. They came from the Leidl Ranch on the Big Klickitat River with an old broken down motorcycle to practice and to play weekend games.
Soon after the U.S. entered World War I, Louie joined the Corps of U.S. Engineers at Seattle, Washington. He was shipped overseeas on December 9, 1917.
The war department reported Louis Leidl missing in action after the battle at Cunel, France on October 14, 1918, just 28 days before the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.
In a letter his father received in March 1919, his commanding officer said, "On the morning of October 14, our company went over the top with the Infantry at a point near Cunel, France, advancing and capturing two towns of Cunel and Romaign. Lieutenant Leidl was last seen going forward rapidly in the town of Cunel, under fierce enemy machine gun and shell fire of every description. He had picked up a rifle and was fighting in the same manner as his men... I can honestly say your son, Lieutenant Leidl, was a man of very high ideals and excellent qualitites, and his misfortune and separation from the organization has been greatly regretted by all who knew him."
Born: March 5, 1894
Goldendale, Klickitat County, Washington, USA.
Died/Missing in Action: Oct. 14, 1918
Cunel, France
Also remembered in the Stonehenge Monument and IOOF Mountain View Cemetery.
His large army photo is displayed in the Presby Museum in Goldendale, Washington. A sign there gives his lively biography which is an excerpt from book Early Klickitat Valley Days by Robert Ballow:
LOUIS LEIDL
Born in Goldendale, March 5, 1894, son of Wendelin and Lisette (Kohler) Leidl. "Louie" Leidl attended Goldendale public schools and attended from Pullman College (now Washington State University) from 1915-1916, studying civil engineering.
Louis was a jolly, sociable chap, popular with everyone. He was known as an atchlete and exceled in track and field events in high school. As catcher for the Goldendale Athletic Association baseball club he was considered the best local backstop ever develped in Goldendale. His brother Babe was also a member of the team. They came from the Leidl Ranch on the Big Klickitat River with an old broken down motorcycle to practice and to play weekend games.
Soon after the U.S. entered World War I, Louie joined the Corps of U.S. Engineers at Seattle, Washington. He was shipped overseeas on December 9, 1917.
The war department reported Louis Leidl missing in action after the battle at Cunel, France on October 14, 1918, just 28 days before the armistice on Nov. 11, 1918.
In a letter his father received in March 1919, his commanding officer said, "On the morning of October 14, our company went over the top with the Infantry at a point near Cunel, France, advancing and capturing two towns of Cunel and Romaign. Lieutenant Leidl was last seen going forward rapidly in the town of Cunel, under fierce enemy machine gun and shell fire of every description. He had picked up a rifle and was fighting in the same manner as his men... I can honestly say your son, Lieutenant Leidl, was a man of very high ideals and excellent qualitites, and his misfortune and separation from the organization has been greatly regretted by all who knew him."
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