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Personal info

Full name
LELAND, Theodore Hampton
Date of birth
11 May 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Corwin Springs, Park County, Montana
Hometown
Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana

Military service

Service number
39927229
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Ancerviller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 15

Immediate family

Members
Theodore A. Leland (father)
Alice G. (Walker) Leland (mother)
Wallace F. Leland (brother)
George H. Leland (brother)
Edwin N. Leland (brother)
Mildred L. (Dorrell) Leland (wife)
Theodore R. Leland (son)

More information

Pvt Theodore H. Leland attended high school for four years and was a shipping and receiving clerk before he enlisted at Fort Douglas, Utah on 21 March 1944.

His brother, Edwin N. Leland is buried next to him.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett / BL Larson
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / BL Larson / Leland