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Personal info

Full name
LEIGHTY, John Lawrence "Buddy"
Date of birth
2 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
42080783
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
407th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
Near Erkelenz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 6 5

Immediate family

Members
Howard A. Leighty (father)
Helen (Moore) Leighty (mother)
Francis A. Leighty (brother)
Carlton L. Leighty (brother)
Howard T. Leighty (half-brother)
Mary R. (Gettz) Leighty (wife)
Mary H. Leighty (daughter)

More information

Pvt John L. Leighty graduated from Conrad High School and was a clerk at the Pennsylvania Railroad before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 18 November 1943. He was sent overseas in November 1944.

He was trained to serve in the railroad battalion but was transferred to the infantry soon after he arrived in Europe.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Arie-Jan van Hees, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Robert W. Plummer, www.newspapers.com - The News Journal