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Personal info

Full name
LEAFTY, Junior Edward
Date of birth
2 October 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
Hometown
St. Louis County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
17077141
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 October 1944
Place of death
Dodewaard, The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 15 1

Immediate family

Members
Edward C. Leafty (father)
Jewell B. (Watkins) Leafty (mother)
Shirley M. Leafty (sister)
Ida M. Leafty (sister)
Laverne W. Leafty (sister)
Naomi Leafty (sister)
Leonard D. Leafty (brother)
Richard D. Leafty (brother)
Daisy B. Leafty (sister)
Mary E. Leafty (sister)
Mary A. Leafty (wife)

More information

Junior Leafty was born as Edward C Leafty but was called Junior since his birth.

He was a plasterer when he volunteered for the Army of the United States on 8 September 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands.

Source of information: Twan van Leeuwen, Terry Hirsch, http://www.ww2-airborne.us/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / 1940 Census / California County Marriages / Iowa County Births

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/749588