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Personal info

Full name
PETRO, Leonard
Date of birth
21 October 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33836484
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
Near Germeter, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 10 46

Immediate family

Members
Louis Petro (father)
Madeline Petro (mother)
Angeline Petro (wife)
Louis Petro (son)
James G. Petro (son)
Leonard Petro (son)
Madeline Petro (daughter)

More information

Pvt Leonard Petro enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 15 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet