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Personal info

Full name
ZENKEL, Leo N
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Sea Breeze, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
32029639
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
39th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 August 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 31 59

Immediate family

Members
Leo F. Zenkel (father)
Agnes M. (Nice) Zenkel (mother)
Rose F. Zenkel (sister)
Jean Zenkel (sister)
Jane Zenkel (wife)

More information

Pvt Leo N. Zenkel graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School and was an optician.

He enlisted in Buffalo, New York on 10 January 1941. He had been overseas in September 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1925 Census, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle New York - 1944.
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, Newspapers Democrat and Chronicle New York - 1944