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Leitner, William Zean
Additional Notes


Data extracted from Grave Registration Records by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Name: Leitner, William J Birth: 4 Jun Death: 30 Jun Age at Death: 82 Service: 86 OH INF, Co. D Rank: PVT Enlisted: 16 Jun Mustered: 10 Feb Burial: Wooster Cem., Wooster, , Wayne, OH Lot: 637 Section: 16 Grave: 3
[Source: Ohio Civil War Veterans Graves Registration]



Service Record:

Enlisted as a Private on 16 June 1863 at the age of 18
Enlisted in Company D, 86th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 01 August 1863.
Mustered out Company D, 86th Infantry Regiment Ohio on 10 February 1864 in Camp Cleveland, OH

[Source: Ancestry.Com, Civil War Service Records]



According to a Civil War Pension statement, he also served in the A 169th. And it shows his middle initial as "Z".



A ggg uncle has his name listed as William C. Leitner but his middle name was Zean and maybe the Z looks like a C on the tombstone by now.

Obit Photo
William Zean Leitner

[Source: Lindsey Finken, GGGgrandniece]