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Personal info

Full name
PENSINGER, Leander F
Date of birth
9 April 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Syracuse, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Hometown
Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35536841
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Infantry Regiment,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Lindern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
I 5 4

Immediate family

Members
William L. Pensinger (father)
Emma Pensinger (mother)
Dewey A. Pensinger (brother)
Miriam V. Pensinger (sister)
Jacob D. Pensinger (brother)
Helen Pensinger (sister)

More information

Pfc Leander F. Pensinger worked at Klingler Manufacturing company.

He enlisted in Toledo on 10 December 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, The South Bend Tribune - 19 December 1942, Indiana Birth Certificates

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet