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Personal info

Full name
LE POW, Harold Edward
Date of birth
8 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36119679
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
709th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Riedwihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 38 35

Immediate family

Members
Herman Le Pow (father)
Adelaide (Cohen) Le Pow (mother)
Isabelle M. Le Pow (sister)
Maria C. (Abela) Le Pow (wife)

More information

Pvt Harold E. Le Pow was a credit man, employed by a WPA project before he enlisted in Detroit, Michigan on 21 June 1941.

He was killed in action by shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men/ US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Janis