. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . BORN MARCH 29, 1890DIED AUGUST I, 1918 THE ROLL OF HONOR 51 CAPTAIN LEON E. BRIGGS Company E, 305th Infantry, Seventy-seventh Division. Killed in action in theArgonne Forest on September 28, 1918. fi^tirr Capt. LEON E. BRIGGS. m BORN MAY 9, 1887DIED SEPTEMBER 28, 1918 Captain Briggs was born in Joplin, Mo.,on May 9, 1887. Receiving a publicschool education he entered the Universityof Missouri, graduating in 1910. Takingup civil engineering, he was appointed asCity Engineer of Webb City, Mo., quittinghis position to
. The history and achievements of the Fort Scheridan officers' training camps . BORN MARCH 29, 1890DIED AUGUST I, 1918 THE ROLL OF HONOR 51 CAPTAIN LEON E. BRIGGS Company E, 305th Infantry, Seventy-seventh Division. Killed in action in theArgonne Forest on September 28, 1918. fi^tirr Capt. LEON E. BRIGGS. m BORN MAY 9, 1887DIED SEPTEMBER 28, 1918 Captain Briggs was born in Joplin, Mo.,on May 9, 1887. Receiving a publicschool education he entered the Universityof Missouri, graduating in 1910. Takingup civil engineering, he was appointed asCity Engineer of Webb City, Mo., quittinghis position to enter the Second OfficersTraining Camp at Fort Sheridan, where hewas assigned to the 5th Company and re-ceived a commission as captain. Hesailed for France on Christmas Day, Briggs underwent further train-ing in the School of the Line at Langres,Haute-Marne. He was assigned to the305th Infantry in May, 1918, and put incommand of Company E, serving withthat outfit until his death. He was twicewounded by shell fire before the attackin the Argonne which brought his was married to Miss Mabel Balsley, ofJoplin, Mo., on November 17, 1915. Be-sides his widow he left a daughter, Mar-jorie Jane, aged two years and fourmonths. His wife resides at 218 WestSeventh Street, Joplin. His mo
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