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Personal info

Full name
WATSON, Leamon William
Date of birth
5 November 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Georgia
Hometown
Loganville, Walton County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14020404
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
2nd Battalion,
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
31 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Salzkotten-Etteln, south of Paderborn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 17 22

Immediate family

Members
Grady Watson (father)
Bessie A. (Dorsey) Watson (mother)
Bernice Watson (stepmother)
Claudine Watson (sister)
Hugh D. Watson (half brother)
Annell Smith (half sister)

More information

Pfc Leamon W. Watson attended high school for three years and worked on a farm.
He joined in the Regular Army at Fort McPherson, Georgia on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 36th Armored Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.geni.com - Family Tree