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Personal info

Full name
SPENCER, Leslie Vernon
Date of birth
10 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Campton, Wolfe County, Kentucky
Hometown
Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
19019297
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sapois, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 7 69

Immediate family

Members
James Spencer (father)
Ella Spencer (mother)
Alfred Spencer (brother)
Bert Spencer (brother)
Myrtle Spencer (sister)
Charles Spencer (brother)
Raymond R. Spencer (brother)

More information

Pfc Leslie V. Spencer was employed by the Civilian Consumption Corp.

From March 1944 to May 1944, he was hopitalized in Italy for wounds to his hand caused by machine gun fire.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to the abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S.WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, The Lexington Herald - 16 May 1944