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Personal info

Full name
HENDRICKS, Leslie Martin
Date of birth
19 June 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Lincoln Park, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
20630059
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 April 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 7 20

Immediate family

Members
Everett S. Greenwalt (father)
Cora (Mussel) Hendricks (mother)
Anthony Hendricks (stepfather)
Alice E. (Schwenk) Hendricks (wife)

More information

Pfc Hendricks first worked for the WPA and then Ford Motor Company. He enlisted at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 11 April 1944.

Leslie Hendricks was the stepson of Anthony Hendricks. According to a 1930 census his name was Leslie M. Greenwalt.

Les Hendricks is remembered on the memorial located in Lincoln Park, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Duane Denny