New Yorker Louis Margolis (1897-1972) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/dayton.asp.  He grew up in Brooklyn and took to street fighting at an early age. At 16, Margolis headed west and hopped off a train in Cincinnati. He quickly made a name for himself as a pugilist (bare fist boxer) and challenged the featherweight champion in 1913. Although he lost that event, "Kayo (K.O.) Mars" made his reputation. World War I interrupted his boxing career in 1918. Private Margolis served in the U.S. Army and was training at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, when the armistice came. In World War II, Margolis again joined the army, 1942-1943. He remained a colorful figure in Cincinnati after his retirement from boxing in the 1930s until his death. Margolis died on November 21 at the Chillicothe Veterans Hospital.
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