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Personal info

Full name
MURRAY, Leonard Joseph
Date of birth
22 December 1921
Age
22
Place of birth
Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
Hometown
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35555413
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Between Gressenich and Schevenhütte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 36

Immediate family

Members
Mary F. Murray (sister)

More information

Pfc Leonard J. Murray attended high school for 4 years and was a machine operator.

He enlisted in Toledo, Ohio on 14 May 1943.

He was planning to be married to Rita Wilkinson.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – US City Directory / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Fort Wayne News Sentinel 11 December 1944 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott