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Personal info

Full name
APRILL, Leo Leonard
Date of birth
1 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Cedar, Leelanau County, Michigan
Hometown
Muskegon County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36883897
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
In the Laveline-du-Houx/Bois-de-Longmore/Le Rouge Château, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 26 4

Immediate family

Members
John J. Aprill (father)
Veronica R. (Mikowski) Aprill (mother)
Henrietta J. Aprill (sister)
Veronica C. Aprill (sister)
John B. Aprill (brother)
Jane M. Aprill (sister)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Martin Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight Anderson, Richard Mullally