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Personal info

Full name
LEGLER, Leroy Claude
Date of birth
8 January 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33147241
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 December 1945
Place of death
Zweifall, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Edgar S. Legler (father)
Bessie V. (Wertz) Legler (mother)
Edgar F. Legler (brother)
George W. Legler (brother)
Catharine M. Legler (sister)
John E. Legler (brother)
Jean Legler (sister)
Helen Legler (sister)
Ruth Legler (sister)

More information

Leroy C. Legler enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 2 February 1942.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported Missing in Action.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Veteran Compensation Application File / 1930 Census / Family Trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Senior High School Yearbook 1935