Van Valkenburg, Leroy Daniel
First Name
Leroy
Middle Name
Daniel
Last Name
Van Valkenburg
Service Branch
Service Branch Unknown
Highest Rank
PVT
War or Action
World War I
County
Logan
Biography

Husband of Catherine Van Valkenburg. Also lived at Peetz. Member Company E, 2nd Replacement Battalion. Killed with 10 other Coloradans along with 19 Coloradans injured in train wreck in largest single day non-combat loss of troops in Colorado history.

Place Of Death
Near Marshfield, Missouri, U.S.
Circumstances
Died Non-Battle (Train Accident)
Row Number
49
Column Number
1
Panel Number
3

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