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Personal info

Full name
SHERET, Leslie Edward "Bud"
Date of birth
6 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Aurora, Erie County, New York
Hometown
Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
32930631
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Etteln-Brilon, south of Paderborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 3 16

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd T. Sheret (father)
Pearl R. (Hill) Sheret (mother)
Marian Sheret (sister)
Arlene Sheret (sister)
Edith Sheret (sister)
Raymond L. Sheret (brother)

More information

Pfc Leslie E. Sheret was employed at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 8 April 1943.

Pfc Sheret is remembered at Oakwood Cemetery in East Aurora, Erie County, New York.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, Buffalo Courier Express - 4 May 1945, WWII Draft Cards, 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jim and Elizabeth, Judith Hamms