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Personal info

Full name
LEYS, Fred
Date of birth
6 July 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33900502
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 15 10

Immediate family

Members
Charles Leys (father)
Margaret A. (Hilley) Leys (mother)
John D. Leys (brother)
Margaret A. Leys (sister)

More information

Pfc Fred Leys worked as a pattern or model maker before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 30 November 1943.

Both his parents were born in Scotland.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.307th.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card / 1930 Census / Pennsylvania Compensation Application File

Photo source: www.307th.org, www.ancestry.com - Callaghan/Pope/Hilley Family Tree