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Personal info

Full name
LEYMAN, Samuel John
Date of birth
25 June 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Camden County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42141834
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 14 15

Immediate family

Members
Phillip Leyman (father)
Anne Leyman (mother)
Charles Leyman (brother)
Joseph Leyman (brother)
Josephine Leyman (sister)
Rocealis Leyman (sister)
Elizabeth M. Leyman (wife)

More information

Pvt Samuel J. Leyman was a kitchen worker.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 20 May 1944.


Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Courier Post 24 January 1945