Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Leonard E. Rea na March 14, 1897, na Auburn na New York, na, mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị, kpebiri ịbanye n'òtù ndị agha mmiri nke United States na April 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 mpaghara Toulon dị nso na Verdun na March 1918 ma mesịa sonye na
Agha nke Belleau Wood na Soissons.