Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Leonard E. Rea na Machị 14, 1897, na Auburn na New York, na, mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, kpebiri ịbanye na United States Marine Corps na Eprel 19, 1917. Mgbe ọzụzụ bụ isi gasịrị, e kenyere Rea na 17th Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, nọ na Philadelphia Navy Yard. Ọ hapụrụ France ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ozugbo e mere ka ndị agha ahụ rụọ ọrụ ma bịarute na Saint-Nazaire na July 1917. E buliri Rea n'ọkwa nke onye isi agha ma jiri ihe nrite nke ndị agha mmiri mara mma maka ọrụ ya. E zigara ya n'ọgbọ agha nke Toulon Sector dị nso na Verdun na Machị 1918 ma mesịa sonye n'agha nke Belleau Wood
na Soissons.