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Personal info

Full name
WEBSTER, Leroy Charles
Date of birth
8 October 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Hometown
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
O-1102115
Rank
Captain
Function
unknown
Unit
294th Engineer Combat Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 11 4

Immediate family

Members
Charles Webster
Inger B. (Fodness) Webster (mother)
Donald W. Webster (brother)
Evelyn Webster (sister)
Elizabeth Webster (wife)

More information

Capt Leroy C. Webster graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1935. He was employed at Universal Engraving Company.
He was inducted into the Regular Army on 31 July 1941 in Buffalo, New York.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: Jac Engels, Roosevelt High School 1935