Application for grave marker Francis J. Leston to be erected in Section 22, Block 1, Lot 42, Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery. Hillside (Cook county), Illinois.

Francis registered for the draft in Village Park, IL on 22 October 1940.  He was inducted into the Army on 22 November 1942.

Pfc Leston was twice wounded in Holland.  The first instance occurred on 21 September 1944 and the second on 27 November.