New-York tribune., 1918-05-14
Many New Workers
On Casualty List as
Dead or Missing
Leonard L. Dalton, Killed
in Action, Leaves Widow
and Two Children in
Brooklyn

Many residents of New York were
among those whose names we're re-
ported yesterday on the casualty list.
Leonard Leo Dalton, reported as
killed in action. lived at 37s Cleveland
Street, Brooklyn. He was married
and had two children. The children
are Anna, five years old, and William,
three. Word of his death was received
yesterday by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Michael Dalton, of Suydam Street,
Brooklyn.
Dalton was born in Brooklyn on
June 3, 1892, and was a graduate of
Public School rs. He was drafted in
fantry regiment. One of his brothers
is at Camp Wadsworth.
Joseph Vincent Rogers died from
wounds on May 3. He was nineteen
years old. Mrs. Ethel Becker, sister,
lives at 2484 Gravesend Avenue. Their
parents are dead. Until she heard that
Rogers had died Mrs. Becker did not
known that he had enlisted. She had
not heard from him since November,
1916. They were reared in an orphan
asylum.
Albert Decsi, reported as missing, is
q brother of Paul Edward Decsi, who
lives at 812 Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn.
Albert is twenty-five years old. His
home is at 416 Edgewood Avenue, New
Haven, Conn. On July 2 he enlisted in
New Haven in the medical corps of an
infantry regiment, the same day that
George. Decsi, a brother, Joined the
10th Aero Squadron. Their parents
were born in France.
Last month Albert Decsi wrote as
follows:
II have been at the front now for
forty days under heavy fire. l have
also been through many gas and aero
plane attacks. One barage lasted two
hours, during which time more than
l6O guns were going fast, and it would
do your heart good to see the boys
fight. There is not streak of yellow
in any Of them. There was not a
square foot of ground that was not
struck. You watch our American boys;
they surely are going to whip the
Huns
Thomas Bradley Buffum, of the La
fayette Flying Squadron, who has been
reported as missing, is a son of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Buffum,
Of this city. and nephew of Judge
Willard Bartlett, former Chief Judge
of the Court of Appeals. He was grad
uated from Harvard in 1915, having
shortened his course in order to 90 to
France as an ambulance driver for the
American Ambulance. In that capacity
ne saw acClOn at Verdun and In Mace
donia.
He is twenty-three years DID, A
brother, David Bradley Buffum. is in
a Marine Corps training camp prepar-
ing for service abroad.
School Athlete Among Missing
Arthur Woods, who is reported to be
missing, will be eighteen July 26 next.
He enlisted with the 9th Infantry, Com
pany G, last June, and the last letter
that his parents received from him was
in December. He is graduate of Pub
lie School IA (Twenty-eight Street, be-
tween Second and Third Avenues), and
received many medals from the Public
School Athletic League. Before he en-
listed he was employed by Park &
Tilford as wagon hand His parents
and one brother live at 224 West Six
teenth Street.
Cyril Kreck, reported "killed in
action" is not known at ala East
Eighty-sixth Street, the address given
by the casualty lists. A telegram from
the War Department addressed to Mrs.
Fanny Kreck notifying her of her sons
death lies unclaimed at the Western
Union Offices.
Walter W. Hardy, listed as being Sc