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Personal info

Full name
BOLTON, Leonard B
Date of birth
8 February 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Garland County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38669944
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 February 1945
Place of death
Toward Neuf-Brisach, Alsace, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 18 25

Immediate family

Members
Leonard H. Bolton (father)
Ada Bolton (mother)
Laura Bolton (sister)

More information

Pvt Leonard B. Bolton graduated from Hot Springs High School.

He enlisted at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas on 15 June 1944.

He is remembered at the Greenwood Cemetery in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / P. V. Hays, www.ancestry.com - Harry Buedel