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Personal info

Full name
LEAVERY, Francis Anthony
Date of birth
5 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Clayton, Jefferson County, New York
Hometown
Jefferson County, New York

Military service

Service number
32027407
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Ammunition Bearer
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
Near Wormeldange, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 12 44

Immediate family

Members
Ray M. Leavery (father)
Anna Leavery (mother)
William Leavery (brother)
Ruth Leavery (sister)
June Leavery (sister)
Helen Leavery (sister)
George Leavery (brother)
Walter Leavery (brother)

More information

Pfc Francis A. Leavery attended high school for four years.

He enlisted in Rochester, New York on 13 December 1940.

He joined his unit from the 53rd Replacement Battalion on 16 August 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org - After Action Report

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet