World War I Solider: 2nd Lieutenant William L. LeConte

Tombstone Location:

Eastview Cemetery
Adairsville, Bartow County, Georgia
N 34° 22.021 W084° 55.484

Date of Visit: February 27, 2010

Tombstone Inscription:
In Memoriam
Wm. Lewis LeConte
Killed in Action
Chateau Thierry France
Son of J.A. & Emma K Leconte
Sept 27, 1895
July 19, 1918

Discussion:

William Lewis LeConte was the son of James A. LeConte and Emma Kinman of Adairsville, Georgia. The descendent of the famous LeConte family of naturalist and scientist, LeConte was born in 1895. He was a graduate of the Boy’s High School (later to become Grady High School) and Emory University. At time of enlistment into the AEF he was employed in Atlanta with General Electric. After training at Camp Greene, North Carolina, LeConte was posted with the 59th Regiment of the 4th Division. On July 19, 1918 the 4th Division was sin the line of battle during the Aisne-Marne Operations. It is recorded that he died of his wounds on the 19th and was buried in Plat A, Row 7, Grave 29 in the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France.

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Sources:
Aisne-Marne American cemetery, American Battle Monumnbets Commission, www. abmc.gov, accessed March 15, 2010
125 Casualties Among Our Forces in France 21 Army Officers Dead and 8 Wounded, Special to The New York Times, August 1, 1918. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CEEDE1739E13ABC4A53DFBE668383609EDE, accessed March 20, 2010
William L. LeConte, Find A Grave Memorial #9210377, July 31, 2004