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Personal info

Full name
SCHOFIELD, Leslie Benjamin
Date of birth
28 September 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Indiana
Hometown
Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35249016
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Grand Bois, east of Vielsalm, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 16 35

Immediate family

Members
William E. Schofield (father)
Cora E. (Taylor) Schofield (mother)
Fred W. Schofield (brother)
Stanley B. Schofield (brother)
Ellen I. Schofield (sister)
Eva M. Schofield (sister)
Mildred Schofield (wife)
Phyllis A. Schofield (daughter)

More information

Pfc Leslie B. Schofield attended Griffith High School and worked for the Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

He enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 25 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://75thdivisiondad.com/kia_roster.htm#3, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Gamache Family Tree / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Times - 18 February 1945