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Personal info

Full name
HARDESTY, Leonard Radcliffe
Date of birth
3 November 1924
Age
19
Place of birth
Washington, District of Columbia
Hometown
Seat Pleasant, Prince George's County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33720105
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 October 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 20 8

Immediate family

Members
Sarah E. Hardesty (mother)

More information

Pfc Leonard R. Hardesty attended high school for 2 years before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 8 April 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.co – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy