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Personal info

Full name
SHARBAUGH, Leonard G
Date of birth
20 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
33757902
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
393rd Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near Elsenborn, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles C. Sharbaugh (father)
Rosella J. Sharbaugh (mother)
Marjorie S. Sharbaugh (sister)
Raymond C. Sharbaugh (brother)
Ronald E. Sharbaugh (brother)
Dolores A. Sharbaugh (sister)

More information

Leonard Sharbaugh graduated from Altoona Catholic High School with the class of 1942 and was attending Drexel Institute,

He enlisted on 6 April 1943 in Altoona, Pennsylvania. He was selected for the ASTP program for which he was sent to Louisiana State University until the program was canceled. He was then transferred to the infantry,

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, Army Enlistement Record, www.newspapers.com - The Altoona Tribune, http://99div.com - Checkerboard Newsletter, MIA List, February 2009

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com - Marjorie Taylor