| Source: Woman's Committee, Council of National Defense, Missouri Division, "War Records" Location: Council of National Defense, Woman's Committee, Missouri Division, Records, Archives | |
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| Last Name: | Akin |
| First Name: | Leaford |
| Middle Name: | James |
| County: | Jasper |
| Box: | 9 |
| Folder: | 1 |
| Remarks: | Inducted at Carthage, MO on July 24, 1917; enlisted in Company A, 2nd Missouri Infantry, later made into Company A, 128th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Birth Date: | 1898 November 8 |
