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Personal info

Full name
HENGST, Leonard J
Date of birth
5 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Hometown
Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
36992564
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 2 6

Immediate family

Members
William Hengst (father)
Elizabeth Hengst (mother)
James F. Hengst (brother)
Herbert Hengst (brother)
Marvin Hengst (brother)
Dorothy (Brusse) Hengst (wife)
Wendell Hengst (son)
Betty M. Hengst (daughter)
Bruce Hengst (son)

More information

Pfc Hengst enlisted on 28 June 1944 and was sent overseas on 11 December 1944.

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - The Sheboygan Press / Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Sheboygan Press