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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Leslie Benjiman
Date of birth
17 May 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36036472
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 3 56

Immediate family

Members
Harry M. Ward (father)
Ethel S. (Bigge) Ward (mother)
Harry M. Ward (brother)
Florance E. Ward (sister)
Virginia Ward (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Leslie B. Ward enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 13 June 1941.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a clerk before he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Dwight Anderson