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Personal info

Full name
MANNING, Lenard W
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Anderson, New Madrid County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37629215
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
180th 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 4 62

Immediate family

Members
Lynn Manning (father)
Gladys (Jackson) Manning (mother)
Herschel Manning (brother)
Bonnie L. Manning (wife)

More information

Pvt Lenard W. Manning worked on a farm before he enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 19 November 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 / Manning Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy