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Personal info

Full name
WILCOX, Leon Jay
Date of birth
4 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Petersburgh, Rensselaer County, New York
Hometown
Albany County, New York

Military service

Service number
O1298794
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 5 12

Immediate family

Members
Fred Wilcox (father)
Belle O. Wilcox (mother)
Roy Wilcox (half-brother)
Inez Wilcox (half-sister)
Joanne (Bailey) Wilcox (wife)

More information

1st Lt Leon J. Wilcox graduated from the Hoosick Falls High School and Troy Business College and was employed by the State in Albany.

He enlisted 20 February 1941 and was sent to Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, receiving his commission and being sent overseas in April 1944.

He was reported wounded in action on 8 August 1944 in France and after hospitalization in England, was returned to duty.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Record, http://9thinfantrydivision.net, www.myheritage.nl - The Troy Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Emma Hall