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Personal info

Full name
WHALEY, Leroy
Date of birth
4 March 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Atwood, Hughes County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Bilby, Hughes County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38571813
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
276th Infantry Regiment,
70th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 February 1945
Place of death
Forbach, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 15 1

Immediate family

Members
Harve H. Whaley (father)
Beulah M. (Lucas) Whaley (mother)
Selma Whaley (sister)
James T. Whaley (brother)
Wade H. Whaley (brother)
Willie B. Whaley (brother)
Jackson R. Whaley (brother)
Virginia D. Whaley (sister)
Oleta Whaley (sister)

More information

Pvt Leroy Whaley worked on a farm before he enlisted in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 23 August 1944 and was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Deanna Gilmore Family Tree, http://www.trailblazersww2.org, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy