Leslie Bartal

Leslie Bartal
Personal details
Born	1910 Hungary
Died	1944
Nativity	Hungary
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	32709956
Rank	Colonel
Rank at Ritchie	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 7 (15 April – 12 June 1943)
Section	8
Teams	IPW 24, IPW 20

Teammates

Team — IPW 24

Team — IPW 20

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Leslie Bartal (1910–1944) was a United States Army Private who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 7.

Biography

He member of American Federation of Musicians. He attended IMPORTANT NOTE: Master Sergeant Leslie Bartal, who wrote the arrangement of the music, was killed in action three weeks later during the Marigny breakthrough by the First Division in Normandy…. He buried in Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer.

Research notes

• KIA
• 7/26/44

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	34
Class_ASN	32709956
Class_Name	BARTAL, Leslie
match_method	asn_exact_name_exact
row_source	both

Timeline

• Assigned to IPW Team 24 attached to First Infantry Division.
• 1910 — Born in Hungary.
• Buried in Normandy American Cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer.
• Drafted into Army at NYC as Pvt (ASN: 32709958).
• IMPORTANT NOTE: Master Sergeant Leslie Bartal, who wrote the arrangement of the music, was killed in action three weeks later during the Marigny breakthrough by the First Division in Normandy….
• Promoted to M/Sgt.

Sources

• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Leslie Bartal for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Bartal, Leslie for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: LESLIE BARTAL (2021).docx)