Norman Leslie (also spelled Lesly) MacLean

Birth:  2/25/1893 or 1894, Galt, Ontario, Canada

Address: 1891 W. 52nd St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 24 at draft registration; single; Caucasian; citizenship status alien [citizen of England]; occupation Switchman at New York Central Railroad at Union Depot Yards, Cleveland, OH; previous occupation Machinist

Appearance: Height medium, Build medium Eyes grey, Hair light

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1917; 8/11/1917; Private First Class

Service Number: 1516828

Deployment: 6/15/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Leviathan

Action: Co A 5 Inf ONG (Co A 138 Inf) to Nov 1/17; MG Co 145 Inf to death. Pvt Aug 11/17; Pvt 1cl June 10/18. Meuse-Argonne; Defensive Sector. AEF June 15/18 to death.

Death: September 29, 1918 at age 25 or 26 at Meuse-Argonne, France; cause of death Killed in Action

Burial: 9/29/1918 buried locally in Meuse, France; 4/29/1919 remains disinterred and reburied in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Meuse, France; 7/22/1921 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. with arrival Antwerp, Belgium 7/23/1921; 8/6/1921 remains shipped from Antwerp to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton with arrival Hoboken 8/20/1921; 9/14/1921 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH with arrival Cleveland 9/16/1921 to the care of Mrs. Eleanor MacLean, mother; final burial Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 42 Lot 846-0

Next of Kin: Mrs. Eleanor MacLean, mother, 53 Callender St., Toronto, Canada 

Additional Information: Private First Class Norman L. MacLean appears to have been the last-born child of his family. Father: John MacLean (1857-1936), born Canada, occupations Machinist and Blacksmith, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH in same gravesite as his wife and son Private Norman L. MacLean; Mother: Eleanor Parkhill MacLean (1858-1924), born Canada, had 9 or 10 children, buried Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, OH in same gravesite as her husband and son Private First Class Norman L. MacLean; Siblings: Sibling list may be incomplete. James MacLean (1878-?); Catherine MacLean Barker (1880-1943); Katherine MacLean (~1881-?); Marion MacLean Kehres (1883-1952); Mary Ann MacLean (1883-?); Colin MacLean (1886-?); Jean MacLean (1888-1974); Hamilton MacLean (1891-1947); Marjorie Grace (1892-1967)