Apr 13, 2021 Beloved husband and father, Leslie Milton Graham, 95, of Marshalltown, IA passed away Sunday, April 11, 2021, at the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at First United Methodist Church in Marshalltown. Visitation will be 9:30 a.m., until the time of the services at the church. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery with military honors provided by the Marshalltown Combined VFW and American Legion Honor Guard. Arrangements are entrusted to Anderson Funeral Homes of Marshalltown. Online condolences may be sent to www.andersonfhs.com Leslie was born in Rothsay, MN, July 9, 1925, The family moved to Burt, IA where Leslie grew up in a family of five brothers and four sisters along with his parents Jay and Clara Graham. He graduated from Burt High School at the age of 16 spending the following year in his father’s blacksmith shop where he honed his carpentry skills. He entered the service in 1943 at 18 during World War II and served as an Army Corporal in the 9th Infantry Division in France, Belgium and Germany. He was wounded in France at the Battle of Normandy in 1944 and received the Purple Heart. He was also awarded four Battle Stars for the Battle of Normandy, Battle of the Bulge, Rhineland Battle and the Eastern Germany Battles as well as the Presidential Unit Citation of the 9th Division, The Victory Medal, and The Bronze Star.