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Personal info

Full name
HALBROOK, Le Roy Franklin
Date of birth
14 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Tower Hill, Shelby County, Illinois
Hometown
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36436206
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Donnerberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Franklin J. Halbrook (father)
Rosella H. (Hayden) Halbrook (mother)
Lucretia R. Halbrook (sister)
Jacob H. Halbrook (brother)
Harold J. Halbrook (brother)
Elva R. Halbrook (sister)
Nellie I. Halbrook (sister)
Margaret Halbrook (sister)
Arthur J. Halbrook (brother)
Ralph E. Halbrook (brother)
Louis A. Halbrook (brother)
Paul H. Halbrook (brother)
Georganna (Yantis) Halbrook (wife)
Barbara A. Halbrook (daughter)

More information

Cpl Le Roy F. Halbrook graduated from Tower Hill Community High School in 1941 and worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 13 November 1942 and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Yantis-Conway Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Jean Kennedy, The Decatur Daily Review Decatur, Illinois

Photo source: André Koch, www.newspapers.com - The Decatur Daily Review