Pvt. Leslie M. Gowan, Powell, Texas, Headquarters Company, 142nd infantry, 36th Division, went overseas in July 1918.  Participated in Meuse-Argonne and Champagne.  Wounded by shrapnel on October 8, 1918.  Received discharge soon after returning to the United States in May, 1919.
History of Texas World War Heroes - World War 1

Notes:

• Son of Meredith Gowan and Alice Malinda Morley
• Social Security Death Index: Leslie M. Gowan; b: Oct 1896; d: Nov 2, 1983; SSN: 701-01-7940
• Texas Death Records: Gowan, Leslie Morley; Nov 2, 1983; Falls County, TX; Male