Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Leo M
Date of birth
17 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Illinois,
Hometown
Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36761596
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Sportplatze in Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 12 14

Immediate family

Members
Joseph P. Miller (father)
Maryann (Meier) Miller (mother)
Marc Miller (brother)
Anna Marie Emma Miller (sister)
Anton Miller (brother)
Rosa Margaretha Miller (sister)
Marie Anna Miller (sister)
Frank Miller (brother)
Martha Miller (sister)
Margaret Miller (sister)
Leander Miller (twin brother)
Alfred Miller (brother)
Dorothy (Boller) Miller (wife)
David Miller (son)

More information

Pvt Leo Miller joined his unit from a replacement depot on 9 October 1944. He was sent overseas in the summer of 1944.

He left behind a wife and 2 years old son.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Meyer, Schreiner, Molitor, Rothermel family tree, The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois)

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, Illinois)