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Personal info

Full name
KROLL, Leo James
Date of birth
22 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pe Ell, Lewis County, Washington
Hometown
Mauermann, Lewis County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39377817
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
612th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Honsfeld, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 2 43

Immediate family

Members
Felix J. Kroll (father)
Catherine M. Kroll (mother)
Edwin M. Kroll (brother)
Thaddens A. Kroll (brother)
Feleica E. R. Harris (brother)
Calvin W. Harris (cousin)
Gloria J. Harris (niece)
John J. Konopka (uncle)

More information

Pvt Leo Kroll enlisted on 1 April 1941 at Tacoma, Washington. On 7 February 1945, the bodies of 19 American soldiers were found in a mass grave in Honsfeld. There is proof that a number of them were executed by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper of the 1st SS Panzerdivision Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. Whether Leo Kroll was killed during the battle of Honsfeld or was executed can not be said with certainty.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet